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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNAJB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

Date of decision: Feb 11, 2008

Criminal Appeal No.77 DB of 1999

Manjit Singh

.....Appellant

vs.

The State of Punjab

......Respondent

CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel

Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.D.Anand

Present:

Ms. Nirmaljeet Kaur, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, DAG, Punjab for the State.

JUDGMENT:

The appellant is aggrieved by his conviction under

section 302 IPC for which he has been sentenced to undergo life

imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.1000/-, in default, to undergo

further RI for six months.

Maninder Kaur PW2, sister of the deceased Jasbir

Singh, visited the house of her aunt (mother's sister as well as wife

of father's brother) Davinder Kaur on 23.12.1996 at 5.30 PM. She

had been brought up by the said Davinder Kaur DW3 as her

parents had died. Her younger brother Jasbir Singh, aged 18 years,

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was living with Davinder Kaur, who was treating him as her son

after death of his parents. The accused is husband of her sister

Nita. Maninder Kaur was accompanied by Su