IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 27.10.2025 Pronounced on : 20.11.2025 Sanjay alias Kala …..Appellant versus State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMARI Present : Mr. Amandeep Singh Manaise, Legal Aid Counsel for the appellant.

Mr. Munish Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

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RAMESH KUMARI, J.

This appeal is filed by the appellant, namely, Sanjay alias Kala (hereinafter referred to as ‘accused’) against the impugned judgment of conviction dated 13.10.2018 and order of sentence dated 15.10.2018 rendered by learned Sessions Judge, Rewari arising out of FIR No. 240 dated 23.10.2017 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code registered at Police Station Bawal, District Rewari, for committing murder of his mother, namely, Hasti, on 23.02.2017 at about 2.00 P.M. in the area Jatwara Mohalla, Bawal, Police Station Bawal. The accused was awarded the following sentence:-

2. The prosecution story against the accused is that on 23.02.2017, on receipt of a medico legal report Ex.PA and ruqqa Ex.PB from PW1 Dr. Pankaj Yadav, posted at CHC Bawal, regarding the injuries sustained by Hasti, since deceased, resident of village Bawal, in some altercation, the police party headed by PW10 SI/SHO Vijender Kumar alongwith other police officials reached CHC Bawal. PW2 Chander-complainant, met him and moved an application Ex. PD by submitting to the following effect:-

“I am resident of above address. We are three brothers. I am eldest, second is Suresh and youngest is Sanjay alias Kala. I am unmarried. Kala and Suresh are married. Suresh lives separately along with his family, Kala, my mother Hasti aged around 80 yrs. All of them live together in the house at tube well on Rampur Road. Kala has two sons who are around 7 & 10 years. Kala's wife Sonia had left the house about 8 years ago who has not returned till yet. Kala's children live with me. Kala is addicted to liquor. Kala had got transferred the land of my share in his favor about 1-1 ½ years ago in garb of pension. He has sold his entire land. 3 kanal land of my share was left with Kala which was re-transferred in my name on 25.8.2017 by intervention of relatives. On this issue, Kala used to scuffle under influence of liquor. He was also kept confined in Police Station about 2 months ago. Today, at about 2-3 p.m., I, Kala, Kala's children and my mother were at our home when Kala again began to scuffle after consuming liquor and began to beat me and my mother with baton wherein I came out of the house along with both the children of Kala due to fear I saw that Kala was beating my mother with baton. Kala brought the mother out of home by dragging her. In the meantime, on seeing it, Shakuntla W/o Rajinder caste Bawaria R/o Seelgaon PS Kotkasim presently R/o Holi Chota Mohalla Bawal, who was working in nearby fields, informed Subhash S/o Lal Chand caste Jat, Mohala Hasanpura Bawal on telephone wherein Subhash came to the well along with his wife. Then we took care of the mother. She had injuries on her head, arms, waist etc. and blood was oozing. We called Vijay Singh S/o Makhan Lal caste Jat R/o Jatwara Bawal on phone who came on tractor and we took my mother to GH Bawal in tractor trolley where the doctor gave first aid and issued MLR and began to transfuse glucose. After sometime, I saw that the body of my mother was cold and the doctor again checked my mother and told that she is dead. My mother has died due to injuries inflicted by Sanjay Kala, stern action be taken against him. Now I have presented the complaint before you.”

2(b) On the above said application Ex.PD, PW10 SI/SHO Vijender Kumar conducted proceedings and sent PW16 Constable Rajinder for registration of FIR which was registered by PW7 ESI Jaswant Singh vide Ex. PN and he also made endorsement on police proceedings conducted by PW10 SI/SHO Vijender Kumar.

2(c) PW10 SI/SHO Vijender Kumar took photographs Ex.P1 to Ex.P3 of the dea