In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Reserved On: 09.01.2026 Pronounced On: 30.03.2026 Manjit Singh and Jagjit Singh ... Appellant(s)

Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent(s)

CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh.

Present: Ms. Manveer Kahlon, Advocate for the appellant(s).

Mr. I.P.S.Sabharwal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent.

Ms. Hargun Sandhu, Advocate for the complainant.

Surya Partap Singh, J.

1. This appeal against conviction has been filed by two convicts, named above, out of four accused, who was sent to face trial by the SHO concerned. This appeal has been filed in the backdrop of a judgment of conviction dated 24.07.2006 and order on quantum of sentence dated 25.07.2006. The above-mentioned judgment was rendered by the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, in a case arising out of FIR No. 137 dated 07.08.2002, under Section(s) 307, 326, 324, 323 and 34 of ‘the Indian Penal Code, 1860’, Police Station Bikhiwind, District Amritsar, Punjab.

2. It shall not be out of place to mention here that as per prosecution case, there were four accused in the above-mentioned case, but one of them being juvenile, his trial was separate