HAFIZ Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) C R M-W-48 of 2016 The panchayat certificate (Annexure P-1) attached with the criminal miscellaneous application is taken on record subject to just exceptions.

(2.) Learned counsel for the State has filed reply by way of affidavit of Sh.Sher Singh, Superintendent of Prison, District Prison, Karnal on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. The same is taken on record.

(3.) The petitioner has been convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Karnal on 6.6.2015 in case FIR No.364 dated 14.12.2013 registered at Police Station Madhuban, District Karnal for the offences under Sections 302/201/365 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short). He has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life, besides, pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default thereof undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and six months. The petitioner is undergoing his life imprisonment. Aggrieved against his conviction and sentence, he has filed CRA-D-1337-DB of 2015 titled Hafiz Versus State of Haryana which is pending in this Court. The petitioner is in custody since 19.12.2013 and has completed more than two years in custody after his arrest.