IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRA-S-77-SB-1999 Reserved on: 16.01.2025.

Pronounced on: 30.01.2025 Bhola @ Ram Dass ...Appellant Versus State of Haryana …Respondent CRA-S-1747-SB-2005 Jarnail Singh @ Jaila …..Appellant Versus State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Deepanshu Kapur, Advocate for Mr. S.S. Rana, Advocate for the appellant in CRA-S-1747-SB-2005.

None for the appellant in CRA-S-77-SB-1999.

Mr. Aashish Bishnoi, D.A.G., Haryana and Ms. Trishanjali Sharma, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Jasjit Singh, DAG, Punjab and Mr. Sukhdev Singh, A.A.G, Punjab.

Mr. Manish Bansal, P.P., U.T., Chandigarh along with Mr. Rajiv Vij, APP for U.T., Chandigarh.

****

ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

1. A common question of law is involved in all these appeals; as such, they are being decided together through a common judgment of the same date. Facts are extracted from CRA-S-77-SB-1999.

2. The convicts filed these appeals to challenge their convictions and sentences. Through separate orders, the appeals were admitted, the sentences were suspended, and the payment of the fines was stayed. Before the appeals came up for final hearing, in the interregnum, the appel