HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

AT JAMMU

Cr. Appeal No. 13/2012

Cr.MA no. 49/2013

c/w

Confirm No. 08/2012

Date of order: 27/01/2014

Simon and ors.

v.

State and anr.

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hasnain Massodi, Judge

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Judge

Appearing Counsel:

For the appellant(s) :

Mr. P. N. Goja, Advocate

Mr. Munish Chopra, Advocate.

For the respondent(s):

Mr. Sunil Sethi, Sr. Advocate with

Mr. Ravi Dogra, Advocate.

1. Whether to be reported in

:

Yes

Press/Journal/Media

2. Whether to be reported in

:

Yes

Digest/Journal

Per Massodi, J

1.

Station House Officer, Police Station, Pir Mitha,

Jammu on 23.03.2002, presented a charge-sheet against

the appellants before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,

Jammu, alleging therein that appellants on 04.02.2002,

at 6.45 P.M. came to the grocery shop of one Shakti

Kumar Gupta son of Janak Raj Gupta at Bawe Wali Gali,

Jammu, demanded money from him and on his refusal,

appellant Simon alias Sonu stabbed Shakti Kumar

Gupta, while two other appellants, namely, Darshan Gill

and Suram Chand alias Surma caught hold of his ar