IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 04.03.2025 TILLAN @ TRILOK ... Appellant Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Keshav Pratap Singh, Advocate with Mr. Tarun Kumar Hooda, Advocate and Mr. Nitin Sausanwal, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Ranvir Singh Arya, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The present appeal has been filed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 05.11.2003 passed by the Sessions Judge, Faridabad.

2. The FIR was registered on 03.09.2000, the judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the Sessions Judge, Faridabad is dated 05.11.2003, the appeal was filed on 12.12.2003 and the matter is being taken up for hearing now i.e. after a period of more than 21 ½ years from the date of registration of the FIR.

3. The brief facts of the prosecution case are that complainant- Mahender Singh son of Sukhpal was a resident of Palwal. He had four brothers who were residing separately. His brother Krishan Kumar was unmarried and used to reside alone in his old house whereas he was residing in Kalra Colony,