IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

461 Date of decision: 27.03.2026 Varinder Singh ...Appellant(s)

VERSUS State of Punjab ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the appellant.

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, AAG, Punjab.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

The above appeal has been preferred against the judgment of conviction dated 23.08.2012 passed in Sessions case No.20 of 21.11.2011 arising out of FIR No.47 dated 26.07.2011 registered under Sections 363, 366, 366-A, and 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as IPC) at Police Station Kotwali, District Kapurthala to the extent whereby the appellant was convicted for offence under Section 363 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and also imposed a fine of Rs.5,000/- while he was acquitted for commission of offences under Sections 366, 366-A and 376 IPC.

2. Briefly summarized, the FIR in the present case was lodged at the statement of Bhagatvir Singh son of Swaran Singh, on the allegations that his eldest daughter, Ravinder Kaur @ Ruby, had been studying in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Public School, Noorpur Rajpu