SATE OF PUNJAB Vs. KASHMIR SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) KASHMIR Singh respondent, an Ex -Sarpanch of village Assal District Amritsar, was prosecuted for the offences under Sections 409, 467, 468 and 471, Indian Penal Code, but was acquitted by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Patti, vide his judgment dated 17th October, 1980. Hence this appeal against his acquittal by the State of Punjab.

(2.) THE respondent was charged by the Magistrate as follows : -

(3.) IN order to prove its case the prosecution examined as many as 26 witnesses, namely, Mohinder Singh (P.W. 1), Ajit Singh (P.W. 2), Mukhtar Singh (P.W. 3), Rur Singh (P.W. 4), Sada Singh (P.W. 5), Malook Singh (P.W. 6), Chanchal Singh (P.W. 7), Jit Singh son of Jagat Singh (P.W. 8), Sukhdev Singh (P.W. 9), Geja Singh (P.W. 10), Mohan Singh (P.W. 11), Narinder Kumar (P.W. 12), Tilak Raj (P.W. 13), Mohinder Singh (P.W. 14), Gurdip Singh (P.W. 15), Mohan Lal (P.W. 16), Mukhtar Singh (P.W. 17), Banta Singh (P.W. 18), Harbans Singh (P.W. 19), Gurcharan Singh (P.W. 20), Gopal Singh (P.W. 21), Karam Singh (P.W. 22), Mangal Singh (P.W. 23), Inspector Vigilance Bureau Harbhajan Singh (P.W. 24), Sukhwinder Singh (P.W. 25), and Amarjit Singh (P.W. 26).