IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (341)

Reserved on: 05.02.2025 Date of Pronouncement: 11.02.2025 Kulwant Kaur and ors. .... Appellants V/s State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Ms. Kashish Sahni, Advocate as Amicus Curiae for the appellants.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The present appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 18/20.01.2005 passed by the Sessions Judge, Kapurthala.

2. The instant FIR came to be registered on 23.09.2003. The accused-appellants came to be convicted vide judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 18/20.01.2005. The present appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence was filed on 21.03.2005. The matter has come up for final hearing now after more than 21 years of the registration of the FIR.

3. The facts, in brief, are that Sucha Singh complainant, was working at the in Rail Coach Factory, Hussainpur, Kapurthala. His son Sohan Singh (deceased), who was also working at the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, was married to Kulwant Kaur (accused-appellant