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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 102/1996

Harbhajan Singh @ Bhajan Singh son of Sh. Pritam Singh, Jat Sikh, Resident of Mohanpura, Tehsil and Distt. Sri – Ganganagar.

----Appellant

Versus

State of Rajasthan

----Respondent

For Appellant(s) : Mr. DS Gharsana

Mr. Suresh Nehra

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajesh Bhati, AGA with

Mr. Ravindra Singh

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

04/12/2025

1. The instant criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of the CrPC has been preferred by the appellant being aggrieved of the judgment dated 05.01.1996 passed by the learned Special Judge, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases, Sriganganagar in Criminal Case No.288/1994, whereby he was convicted and sentenced to undergo one month’s rigorous imprisonment under Section 447 of IPC and six months’ rigorous imprisonment alongwith a fine of Rs.500/- and in default of payment of fine, further to undergo simple imprisonment of one month under

Section 3(1)(11) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

2. Bereft of elaborate details, facts relevant and essential for disposal of the instant appeal are that on 06.06.1994, Smt. Nasib Kaur wife of Shri Gurdev Singh gave