IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1 Reserved on : 26.02.2026 Pronounced on: 07.03.2026 Uploaded on : 09.03.2026 Whether only operative part of the judgment is pronounced or the full judgment is pronounced: operative part/full Judgment Deepak @ Radhey and others ...Appellant(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...Respondent(s)

2 CRA-S-1916-2025 (O&M)

Devender @ Commando ... Appellant(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...Respondent(s)

3 CRA-S-2115-2025 (O&M)

Sushil @ Pankaj @ Sheriya ... Appellant(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Advocate for the applicant(s)-appellant(s)

in CRA-S-1949-2025 and CRA-S-2115-2025.

Mr. Sardavinder Goyal, Advocate (through V.C.)

Mr. Nishant Sindhu, Advocate; Mr. Sarwinder Goyal, Advocate for the applicant(s)-appellant(s) in CRA-S-1916-2025.

Mr. Onkar Singh Wahla, Sr. DAG Haryana.

Mr. Amandeep Rana, Advocate for private respondents (through V.C.).

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J.

1. Challenging the judgment of conviction dated 01.05.2025 and order of sentence dated 07.05.2025 passed by the Sessions Judge, Narnaul, these three appeals have been filed separately by the accused and the same are being decided by a common judgment.

2. It is pointed out by the counsel for the appellant in CRA-S- 2115-2025 that the appellant in the said case is also appellant No.4 in CRA- S-1949-2025 and hence, CRA-S-2115-2025 alongwith CRM-46013-2025 is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous.

CRA-S-1949-2025 (O&M) and CRA-S-1916-2025 (O&M)

3. A brief reference of the facts is however being made from CRA-S-1949-2025 titled as ‘Deepak @ Radhey and others Vs. State of Haryana and others’.

4. The appellants have been sentenced as under:-

All the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

5. The brief facts of the prosecution case, as emerging from the record, are that on 05.11.2021, a telephonic message was received at the concerned Police Station from the Police Control Room informing that Sahil, son of Jitender, and Surender, son of Ratipal, had been admitted to the hospital with injuries allegedly sustained in a quarrel. Upon receipt of the said information, SI Rajender, accompanied by HC Sanjay and Constable Satpal, proceeded to the hospital. The medico-legal reports (MLRs) of the injured persons were obtained, and the attending doctor declared them fit to make statements. Thereafter, Sahil submitted a written complaint. In his complaint, Sahil alleged that on 04.11.2021 at about 8:00–8:30 PM, certain persons, namely Pankaj @ Sheriya son of Jaivir, Deepak son of Makkhan, Kapil @ Yamraj son of Ashok, Devender @ Commando Badshah son of Mahesh Parjapat, Yash Bawaria, Deepak son of Bhup Singh @ Radhey, along with 3–4 other associates, had extended threats to kill him. It was further alleged that on 04.11.2021, while he was proceeding towards village Meghanwas to deliver sweets to his friend Arun on the occasion of Diwali, and upon reaching near the house of his uncle Surender Singh, accused Sushil @ Pankaj son of Jaivir chased him on a motorcycle and threatened him with dire consequences. The complainant stated that he thereafter continued towards village Meghanwas, and upon reaching near Meghanwas Chowk, he was encircled by accused Sushil @ Pankaj, Deepak @ Radhey son of Bhoop Singh, Deepak son of Makkhan Singh, Kapil @ Yamraj son of Ashok Kumar, and Devender @ Commando son of Mahesh. It was alleged that Deepak @ Radhey was armed with an iron rod, Deepak son of Makkhan with a danda, and Sushil @ Pankaj with an iron barchhi, and that they began assaulting him. According to the complainant, Deepak @ Radhey inflicted a blow with an iron rod on his back, while Sushil @ Pankaj attempted to strike him on the head with the barchhi with the intention to kill him. The complainant claimed that he warded off the blow by extending his hand, resulting in injury to his right wrist. He further alleged that he managed to escape and ran towards t