IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:-15.10.2025 Date of Decision:02.02.2026 Uploaded on:09.02.2026 Shimla Singh and others …Appellants Vs.

State of Punjab …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.S.SHEKHAWAT HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present: Mr. Akashdeep Singh, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab.

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N.S.SHEKHAWAT , J.

1. The appellants have preferred the present appeal against the impugned judgment and order dated 17.01.2004 passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozpur, whereby, they were convicted for the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 302/323/149 and 148 of IPC and each of them was sentenced as under:-

U/s Imprisonment fine Default

302 IPC Life Imprisonment Rs.2000/- Two years

323 IPC To undergo imprisonment for --- ---

three months

148 IPC To undergo imprisonment Rs.500/- One month for two years

2. The FIR Ex.PA/2 in the present case was registered on the basis of the statement made by Arjan Singh son of Mehtab Singh and the English translation of the same has been reproduced below:-

“Statement of Arjan Singh s/o Mehtab Singh, Rai Sikh, aged about 60 years, r/o Ghurka, P.S. Saddar Fa