JARNAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) JARNAIL Singh and his brother Karnail Singh appellants were tried and held guilty and convicted on the charge for an offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of Darshan Singh by the learned Session Judge, Bhatinda. Each one of them was awarded sentence of Rigorous Imprisonment for life and fine of Rs. 2,000/- or in default of payment thereof to undergo further four months Rigorous Imprisonment. Feeling aggrieved against the orders of their conviction and sentence, they have come up in appeal.

(2.) JANGIR Singh complainant has also preferred Criminal Revision No. 803 of 1993 against the same order of conviction and sentence of the trial court for awarding Rs. 1 lac as compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased. Both these matters would be disposed of by this order as these arise out of the same judgment of the trial Court and rest upon the same evidence.

(3.) ASSISTANT Sub-Inspector Deep Chand after despatching the statement Ex.PD. to the Police Station from the Police Post returned to the spot and found the dead body of Darshan Singh lying in the kacha blind passage leading to the fields in the revenue estate of village Chaoke. He drafted Inquest Report Ex PA on the dead body in the presence of Charan Singh and Jangir Singh witnesses. Dead body alongwith the chopped off right wrist were entrusted to constables Leela Singh and Mithu Singh for autopsy. The Assistant Sub Inspector also seized blood stained earth from the sport after putting it in sealed parcel. Turban of the deceased was also found lying at the spot and taken into possession. The visual site plan Ex. PH of the spot was also prepared. The Assistant Sub Inspector also searched for Jarnail Singh accused but failed to locate him on the day of the occurrence as well as on the following day.