IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SHAHBAZ SINGH – Appellant
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STATE OF PUNJAB – Respondent
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Shahbaz Singh …... Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ...Respondent (cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:2)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:15) (cid:19)(cid:12)(cid:17)+(cid:27),(cid:20)(cid:10)(cid:3)(cid:2))(cid:10)ti(cid:22)-(cid:18)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:10)ti(cid:26)-ti(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:10)-(cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:10)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:16)
Present: Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner.
Ms. Navreet K. Barnala, AAG, Punjab.
Ms. Ruchi Sekhri, Advocate, for the applicant (in CRM(2364(2019).
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(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:8)(*(cid:30)(cid:4)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:6)1 This is an application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for impleading the accused(applicant/Gulzar Singh as respondent No.2 in the array of the parties.
For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. The accused(applicant/Gulzar Singh is impleaded as respondent No.2 in the array of the parties. This application is disposed of.
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The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is
2026.02.04 05:10 for quashing of the impugned order dated 18.10.2018 (Annexure P(6)
whereby the application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. in FIR No.97 dated 02.11.2011 registered at Police Station Ghaine Ke Banger, District Gurdaspur, has been dismissed.
2. The brief facts of the case are that an FIR No.97 dated 02.11.2021 under Sections 326, 323 and 34 IPC, Police Station Ghanie Ke Bangar, Batala, District Gurdaspur, came to be registered against Harjot Singh, Gulzar Singh, Avtar Singh and Gurmeet Singh alongwith an unidentified person at the instance of the petitioner. The report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. was presented on 10.06.2014 alongwith a list of witnesses against one accused(Avtar Singh whereas the remaining accused persons were declared proclaimed offenders. After the arrest of the remaining accused, a supplementary challan was presented on 03.08.2014 alongwith another list of witnesses.
3. The said witnesses, namely, SI Jagir Singh, SI Sukhwinder Singh, HC Kulwinder Singh, ASI Chander Parkash, ASI Mohit Kumar and HC Joginder Singh were, however, not examined on account of an oversight on the part of the prosecution because there were two lists of witnesses attached with the case file, one with the main challan dated 10.06.2014 and one with the supplementary challan dated 03.08.2014.
4. An application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. was moved by the complainant(petitioner to summon the aforementioned official witnesses, they being material witnesses and relating to the arrest memo and the recovery of weapon used in the commission of offence. A copy of the application is attached as Annexure P(4 to the present petition. The said application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. came to be dismissed vide order dated 18.10.2018 (Annexure P(6). It is this order which is under challenge in the present petition.
5. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the official witnesses relating to the recovery of the weapon, arrest memo and duly mentioned in the list of witnesses attached to the su
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