KULJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD . Petitioner is aggrieved by judgment dated 23.04.2014 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana (for short 'appellate Court'), dismissing the appeal brought by the petitioner against judgment/order dated 06.08.2012 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana (for short 'trial Court'), convicting and sentencing the petitioner as under: -

(2.) THE appellate Court, however, reduced the sentence awarded to the petitioner by the learned trial Court and, instead, awarded him sentence as under: -

(3.) THE only contention put up on behalf of the petitioner is that the prosecution has failed to prove that the car in question was a stolen property and even its recovery from possession of the petitioner has remained unproved as witness of recovery memo has not come forward for being cross -examined, by the defence. It is also contended that the registration certificate of the car in question has remained unproved and for that reason even allegation of forgery has remained unestablished.