(1.) Learned counsel for the parties submit that identical bunch of appeals against the same judgment i.e. LPA No. 961 of 2021 Gurcharan Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others and other connected matters have been dismissed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dtd. 16/5/2022 and the present appeal is also covered by the said judgment. The order passed in LPA No. 961 of 2021 and other connected matters dtd. 16/5/2022 by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court is in the following terms:-