IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH SR. NO.107 CRA-D-709-DBA-2004 RESERVED ON 16.10.2025 DATE OF DECISION:28.10.2025 STATE OF PUNJAB …APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS MAHIPAL ...RESPONDENT(S)

CRR-1461-2004 SATPAL SINGH …PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENT(S)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.S. SHEKHAWAT HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present: Mr. M.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab for the appellant in CRA-D-709-DBA-2004 and for respondent No.1-State in CRR-1461-2004 Mr. Bhagwant Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner in CRR-1461-2004 Mr.P.S. Sekhon, Advocate for respondent-Mahipal in both the cases.

N.S. SHEKHAWAT, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of aforementioned appeal filed by the State of Punjab as well as revision petition filed by the complainant/victim whereby the acquittal of accused-Mahipal has been challenged.

2. Since both the aforementioned cases arise out of the common impugned judgment dated 23.01.2004 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur and involve similar arguments by both the sides, the same are being taken up together for disposal.

3. In the present case, the FIR (Exhibit P14) was registered on the basis of a statement made b