GURJINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction rendered by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No. 253-DB of 2006 dated 1st February, 2008, this appeal has been filed by the convict. By virtue of impugned order, the Appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 302 of IPC and has been awarded sentence of imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/-, in default, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for six months. The order of conviction dated 3rd March, 2006, passed by the Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, in Sessions Case No. 33 of 2001 has been confirmed.

(2.) The case of the prosecution in a nut-shell before the trial court was as under:

(3.) It may incidentally be noted that before the aforesaid FIR was lodged, the accused had lodged an FIR being FIR No. 118 on 10th June, 2001 at PS Sadar, Jalalabad.