IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 04.11.2025 Pronounced on: 12.11.2025 Jarnail Singh ...Appellant Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL Present: Ms. Ruchi Sekhri, Amicus Curiae for the appellant.

Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, D.A.G., Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Section

79 16.05.2010 Boha 450, 302, 201 IPC (Vide DDR No.28 dated

16.05.2010, Section 376 IPC added)

Criminal Case number before the Sessions Court Sessions Case No.18 dated

09.09.2010 Date of Decision 12.06.2012 Date of order on the quantum of sentence 12.06.2012 Name of the accused Jarnail Singh Name of convict Jarnail Singh Conviction under Sections 450, 376, 302, 201 IPC Sentence imposed Imprisonment for life Sentence imposed Section Sentence of imprisonment Fine in Sentence in default of INR payment of fine

450 IPC RI for 7 years 2000 RI for 1 month 376 IPC RI for 10 years 5000 RI for 2 months 302 IPC RI for life 10000 RI for 2 months 201 IPC RI for 7 years 2000 RI for 1 month

1. Challenging the conviction and the consequent sentence as captioned above, the convict came up before this Court by filing