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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2231 OF 2010

Mahavir Singh

…Appellant

Versus

State of Haryana …Respondent

J U D G M E N T

Dr. B.S. Chauhan,J.

1.

This appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment

and order dated 20.1.2010, passed by the High Court of Punjab &

Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal appeal No.499-DB of 2001,

affirming the judgment and order of the learned Additional Sessions

Judge, Panipat dated 4.9.2001/7.9.2001, passed in Sessions Trial

No.49 of 2000 by which and whereunder the appellant alongwith one

Jagbir Singh stood convicted under Sections 302 and 120B of the

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) and

sentenced to imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs.5,000/- each. They

had further been convicted under Section 201 IPC and sentenced to

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undergo two years RI and a fine of Rs.1,000/- each. In default of

payment, further undergo RI of six months.

2.

Facts and circumstances giving rise to this appeal are:

A.

That one