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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 256/1997 Mahander Singh S/o Toga Singh Jat Sikh, R/o village Sangar Tehsil Suratgarh District Sri Ganganagar ----Appellant Versus State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr.N.L.Joshi For Respondent(s) : Mr. Surendra Bishnoi, AGA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

08/01/2026

1. The appellant has preferred the instant appeal under Section 374(2) of the CrPC being aggrieved of the judgment dated 12.05.1997 passed by the learned Special Judge, Scheduled Caste/Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Cases Court, Sri Ganganagar in Sessions Case No.46/1996, whereby he has been convicted and sentenced as under :-

Upon depositing the fine amount, Rs.1,000/- shall be paid to complainant Satpal. All the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that on 25.12.1995, the complainant Satpal was seated beneath a tree in the open compound (dekhal) of his residence, warming himself near a fire lit by him. At the relevant time, his mother was unwell, and his neighbour Krishan, accompanied by his wife, visited the complainant’s house to enquire about her