IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 16.02.2026 Date of Decision :28.04.2026 Rakesh Kumar ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Raja Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ramender Singh Chauhan, AAG, Haryana.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

Aggrieved of the judgment of conviction passed by the learned Judicial Ist Class Hansi, and affirmed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar, the present revision petition has been filed by the petitioner/convict, hereinafter being referred to as ‘petitioner’ only.

2 In nut-shell the facts emerging from record are that, that for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 279 & 304-A of the Indian Penal Code, hereinafter being referred to as ‘IPC’ only, the FIR No.250 dated 11.05.1997, was lodged in Police Station Narnaund. The above mentioned FIR came into being on the statement of ‘Riki Kesh’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only, who stated that on 11.05.1997, he along with his father had gone to the bus stand of their village to see-off their guest, and that after the departure of guest when his fath