{"id":114271,"date":"2008-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rulda-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-on-1-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-11-24T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T07:08:03","slug":"rulda-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-on-1-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rulda-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-on-1-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Rulda Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 1 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Rulda Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 1 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                           -1-\n\n                                   ****\n\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n               AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                       Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999\n                       Date of decision: 1.8.2008.\n\n\nRulda Singh and another                              ....Appellants\n\n                       Versus\n\nState of Punjab                                      ...Respondent\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL\n        HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND\n                          ****\n\nPresent:   Ms. Baljeet Kaur Mann, Advocate for the appellants\n\n           Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.\n\nS. D. ANAND, J.\n<\/pre>\n
           The prosecution presentation, as upheld by the learned<\/p>\n
Trial Judge, drew essential sustenance from the last-seen evidence<\/p>\n
in the statement of PW-5 Dev Rishi and PW-7 Parveen Kumar and<\/p>\n
the eye witness account of PW-3 Balbir Nath.\n<\/p>\n
2.         The detailing of facts in the first instance would be<\/p>\n
appropriate for appreciation of the criticism directed at the relevant<\/p>\n
finding.\n<\/p>\n
3.         Ram Lal deceased, a younger unmarried brother of PW-2<\/p>\n
Bikkar Singh, was residing in Canada. He came over to India on<\/p>\n
15.8.1996. After few days stay with his elder sister at Delhi, he came<\/p>\n
over to stay with his brother PW-2 Biikkar Singh. Lakhwinder Singh,<\/p>\n
Devinder Singh and Kulwinder Singh are three sons of Bikkar Singh.<\/p>\n
Ram Lal used to enjoy a drink occasionally.\n<\/p>\n
 Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                       -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                 ****<\/p>\n
4.          On 13.9.1996, Lakhwinder Singh and Ram Lal cycled<\/p>\n
down to Rahon. While leaving the house, Ram Lal was wearing a<\/p>\n
golden chain, a ring and wrist watch. Lakhwinder Singh returned<\/p>\n
home in the evening; while Ram Lal did not.      Lakhwinder Singh<\/p>\n
informed    Bikkar Singh that Ram Lal stayed over in an Ahata (a<\/p>\n
licensed place for taking liquor). Bikkar Singh set out in search of<\/p>\n
Ram Lal. He was accompanied by Tarsem Singh alias Babby son of<\/p>\n
Gurdev Singh. Ahata owner namely Pandit informed Bikkar Singh<\/p>\n
that Ram Lal had been taken away on a Rehra by appellants Rulda<\/p>\n
and Rana.    He further informed Bikkar Singh that after the initial<\/p>\n
transportation of Ram Lal by Rehra, two appellants had also taken<\/p>\n
away the cycle which Ram Lal left at the Ahata. In the light of that<\/p>\n
information, Bikkar Singh and Tarsem Singh first went over to the<\/p>\n
house of appellant Rana, who was not found available at his house.<\/p>\n
When they were on way to the house of appellant Rulda, he (Rulda)<\/p>\n
met them enroute near the heaps of debris. On being queried about<\/p>\n
the whereabout of Ram Lal, Rulda informed them that Ram Lal was<\/p>\n
lying at the house of Rana. Rulda, then, accompanied them to the<\/p>\n
house of Rana which (house) was nearby. Thereafter, Rulda ran<\/p>\n
away. Ram Lal was not found lying at the house of Rana nor was<\/p>\n
Rana found available in the house. On getting verbal information<\/p>\n
that one person was lying dead in the Kotha of one Kariami Jat near<\/p>\n
the house of Rulda, Bikkar Singh and Tarsem Singh went over there.<\/p>\n
They peeped into the house through window and found that dead<\/p>\n
body lying there was that of Ram Lal. Bikkar Singh brought along
\n Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                          -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                      ****<\/p>\n
Ajit Singh Sarpanch of the village to the spot and the trio (Bikkar<\/p>\n
Singh, Tarsem Singh and Ajit Singh) entered the room afore-<\/p>\n
mentioned and found that Ram Lal had been strangulated with a<\/p>\n
rope around his neck and there also were injuries on his head. They<\/p>\n
further found that ornaments and the wrist watch, which deceased<\/p>\n
was wearing, were missing from the dead body.\n<\/p>\n
5.          PW-1 Dr. Neena, M.O, M.H.C., Ghataron had conducted<\/p>\n
the post-mortem examination on the dead body of Ram Lal and<\/p>\n
found following injuries on it:-\n<\/p>\n
            “1.   There was ligature mark around the neck, reddish<\/p>\n
                  brown in colour 2.5 cms wide at the level of thoirode<\/p>\n
                  cartilage.       Encircling the neck completely and<\/p>\n
                  horrizontally.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  On dissection there was infiltration of blood in the<\/p>\n
                  bed of ligature and adjoining tissue.    There was<\/p>\n
                  fracture of thoiride cartilage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            2.    Lacerated wound 7 cms x 1.4 cm deep upto bone<\/p>\n
                  one the left side of skull, oblique in direction its<\/p>\n
                  lower end was 5 cms above left ear. Blood clots<\/p>\n
                  were present and underlying bone was intact.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            3.    Red bruise 6.5 cms x 5 cms over right side of fore<\/p>\n
                  head .2 cms above the right eye brow. 2 cms from<\/p>\n
                  the mid line. Vertical in direction. On dissection<\/p>\n
                  clotted blood was present under the skin.<\/p>\n
                  Underlying bone was intact.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
 Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                           -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\n
                                     ****<\/p>\n
                   On opening the skull, membrance was congested,<\/p>\n
                   brain     was   congested   and    showed     potechial<\/p>\n
                   hammorgages.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              4.   Red abrasion 2 cm x 2 cm over the inner aspect of<\/p>\n
                   right leg. At the junction of upper 1\/3rd and lower<\/p>\n
                   2\/3rd.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
6.            PW-2 Bikkar Singh is first informant.\n<\/p>\n
7.            PW-3 Balbir Nath is an eye witness.\n<\/p>\n
8.            PW-4 is Ashwani Chopra, Goldsmith, who had prepared<\/p>\n
ring Ex.P1 for Ram Lal.\n<\/p>\n
9.            PW-5 is Dev Rishi representing the last seen evidence<\/p>\n
segment, the other part thereof being PW-7 Parveen Kumar.<\/p>\n
10.           PW-6 is Rattan Chand, who runs a cycle shop at Rahon,<\/p>\n
had sold a new cycle of Atlas Make to Gurdev Singh son of Milkhi<\/p>\n
Ram for Rs. 800\/- and had issued the receipt Ex. P2.<\/p>\n
11.           PW-8 Constable Vijay Pal tendered his affidavit Ex. PE<\/p>\n
into evidence.\n<\/p>\n
12.           PW-9 Balbir Singh, a professional photographer, had<\/p>\n
photographed the spot where the dead body of Ram Lal was found<\/p>\n
lying. He proved photographs Ex. P3 to Ex. P7 and negatives Ex. P8<\/p>\n
to Ex. P12.\n<\/p>\n
13.           PW-10 Surjit Kumar was posted as SI\/SHO, Police<\/p>\n
Station, Rahon, on 13.9.1996. He had recorded statement Ex. PD of<\/p>\n
Bikkar Singh and had forwarded it to Police Station, along with his<\/p>\n
endorsement Ex. PD\/1.\n<\/p>\n
 Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                          -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                   ****<\/p>\n
14.        Formal FIR Ex. PD\/2 was recorded by the MHC of Police<\/p>\n
Station, Rahon. Apart therefrom, he also prepared inquest report in<\/p>\n
the presence of Lakhwinder Singh and Ajit Singh. He had taken the<\/p>\n
blood stained earth     and one blood stained brick Ex. P-14 into<\/p>\n
possession from the spot. He had also sent the dead body for post-<\/p>\n
mortem examination. He had also conducted investigation of this<\/p>\n
case.\n<\/p>\n
15.        Ex. PZ and Ex. PZ\/1 are reports of Chemical Examiner.<\/p>\n
16.        The appellants alleged false implication.<\/p>\n
17.        No evidence was adduced by the appellants in defence.<\/p>\n
18.        As already noticed and apparent from the record, the<\/p>\n
evidence against appellants consists of last seen evidence in the<\/p>\n
statement of PW-5 Dev Rishi and PW-7 Parveen Kumar and the<\/p>\n
eye witness account in the statement of Balbir Nath.<\/p>\n
19.        We have been through the record with the assistance of<\/p>\n
the learned counsel for the parties.\n<\/p>\n
20.        The last seen evidence in the statement of PW-5 Dev<\/p>\n
Rishi does not inspire confidence.        PW-5 Dev Rishi categorically<\/p>\n
stated that the appellants and Ram Lal had taken liquor at his Ahata<\/p>\n
and they left thereafter at about 1.00 A.M. He does not at all make a<\/p>\n
mention of the fact that appellants had taken Ram Lal on a Rehra.<\/p>\n
As against it PW-7 Parveen Kumar testified that his son Ravi Kumar<\/p>\n
had carried appellants Rulda, Rana and also Ram Lal in his Rehra<\/p>\n
on hiring charges of Rs. 20\/-.     This witness stated in the cross-<\/p>\n
examination that police recorded his statement under Section 161
\n Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                           -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                   ****<\/p>\n
Cr.P.C. the following day. There is a note by the learned Trial Court<\/p>\n
that learned Public Prosecutor was “unable to place on record any<\/p>\n
statement of the witness dated 14.9.1996”.\n<\/p>\n
21.        Learned Trial Court also noticed that the file does contain<\/p>\n
the statement (under Section 161 Cr.P.C.) dated 11.10.1996 of<\/p>\n
Parveen Kumar. Ravi Kumar afore-mentioned is alive and lives at<\/p>\n
Rahon.     PW-7 Parveen Kumar claimed to have told the police that<\/p>\n
appellants and also Ram Lal were taken in Rehra by Ravi Kumar.<\/p>\n
He was confronted with the statement dated 11.10.1996 where the<\/p>\n
fact that those three named persons had been taken by Ravi Kumar<\/p>\n
is not mentioned. Apart therefrom, this witness claimed that “I had<\/p>\n
not talked with anybody else about my son or myself having taken<\/p>\n
the deceased and accused Rulda and Rana in my Rehra”.               His<\/p>\n
statement is nothing but a creature of padding. Ravi son of PW-7<\/p>\n
Parveen Kumar who had allegedly taken two appellants (Rulda and<\/p>\n
Rana) and Ram Lal on his Rehra was also not examined at the trial<\/p>\n
in spite of the fact that it is in the statement of none else or other<\/p>\n
than his father Parveen Kumar PW-7 that his son Ravi Kumar is alive<\/p>\n
and lives at village Rahon.      PW-5 Devi Rishi averred that his<\/p>\n
statement was recorded by the police after five days of death of Ram<\/p>\n
Lal, though the police did visit his Ahata on the second day of the<\/p>\n
death of Ram Lal. If there was even an iota of truth in the statement<\/p>\n
made by Dev Rishi PW-5, there is no reason why he would not have<\/p>\n
notified this fact to the police when it visited his Ahata on the second<\/p>\n
day.   Thus, we have no hesitation in discarding the last seen
\n Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                        -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                  ****<\/p>\n
evidence in the statement of PW-5 Dev Rishi and PW-7 Parveen<\/p>\n
Kumar.\n<\/p>\n
22.        The eye witness account of PW-3 Balbir Nath also does<\/p>\n
sound credible. He claimed to have seen appellant Rana helping<\/p>\n
one person alight from the Rehra, though that person could not<\/p>\n
manage himself and fell down upon the ground. It is in his statement<\/p>\n
that Rulda appellant took some money from Rana appellant, made<\/p>\n
payment to the Rehrawala and thereafter both the appellants lifted<\/p>\n
that person to the room which they closed from inside. It gave an<\/p>\n
idea to PW-3 Balbir Nath that there was something foul in their<\/p>\n
conduct.   After 10-15 minutes thereof, he went near the room,<\/p>\n
peeped into it through the window and found that appellant Rulda<\/p>\n
was holding a rope around the neck of that stranger. Appellant<\/p>\n
Rulda strangulated the stranger; while appellant Rana gave brick<\/p>\n
blow on the head of the stranger. When Balbir Nath called upon the<\/p>\n
appellant to indicate why they had done that act, the appellants held<\/p>\n
out a threat that he should get away from there or else he would also<\/p>\n
be treated in that very fashion. He claimed to have told the police<\/p>\n
that he had spotted appellant Rana sitting on the Rehra while holding<\/p>\n
the stranger and that appellant Rulda was walking along the Rehra.<\/p>\n
His attention was drawn to his statement Ex. DA where that fact was<\/p>\n
not found mentioned. He claimed to have re-iterated that fact even<\/p>\n
in the course of a statement which he made to the Magistrate under<\/p>\n
Section 164 Cr.P.C.    He has confronted with statement Ex. DB<\/p>\n
wherein that fact was not found recorded.     He further claimed to
\n Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                            -8-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                    ****<\/p>\n
have told the police and the Magistrate( the former in the statement<\/p>\n
under Section 161 Cr.P.C.) and the latter in the statement under<\/p>\n
Section 164 Cr.P.C. that Rana appellant was supporting the stranger<\/p>\n
and helping him alight from the Rehra and that stranger fell upon the<\/p>\n
ground. His attention was drawn towards Ex. DA and Ex. DB where<\/p>\n
that fact was not found to have been recorded. He further claimed to<\/p>\n
have told the police that appellants Rana and Rulda lifted the<\/p>\n
stranger and took him inside Kariama’s room.         This fact was not<\/p>\n
found mentioned in Ex. DA. He further claimed to have told the<\/p>\n
police that window of the room was initially not covered with any<\/p>\n
piece of gunny bag but that it was after about 15-10 minutes of the<\/p>\n
occurrence that    pieces of gunny bags were found covering the<\/p>\n
window. He was confronted with Ex. DA and also Ex. DB where this<\/p>\n
fact was not noticed.\n<\/p>\n
23.         It would be apparent from a perusal of the above that<\/p>\n
though this witness claimed to have mentioned every relevant piece<\/p>\n
of evidence to the police and to the Magistrate, those facts were<\/p>\n
found missing from Ex. DA and also Ex. DB. It is pertinent to notice<\/p>\n
in that context that he did not raise any alarm on witnessing the<\/p>\n
impugned occurrence. However, he claimed to have brought this<\/p>\n
fact to the notice of Sat Pal Joshi, President of the Committee that<\/p>\n
manages the cremation ground. He was not examined at the trial.<\/p>\n
He was staying at a distance of 10-15 karams from the police when it<\/p>\n
prepared the inquest report but did not bring facts to the notice of the<\/p>\n
police at that point of time. In the totality of the facts noticed above,
\n Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999                           -9-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                   ****<\/p>\n
we do not find his testimony to be credible.\n<\/p>\n
24.        Insofar as PW-2 Bikkar Singh is concerned, his son<\/p>\n
Lakhwinder Singh had allegedly accompanied Ram Lal to Rahon on<\/p>\n
an independent cycle. Lakhwinder Singh was not examined at the<\/p>\n
trial. Further, Bikkar Singh claimed to have gone in search of Ram<\/p>\n
lal in the company of Tarsem Singh alias Babby          son of Gurdev<\/p>\n
Singh and it was in the presence of Tarsem Singh that Dev Rishi<\/p>\n
Pandit told Bikkar Singh that Ram Lal had been taken away on a<\/p>\n
Rehra by both the appellants. Tarsem Singh aforementioned was<\/p>\n
not examined at the trial.\n<\/p>\n
25.        In the light of the foregoing discussion, it is evident that<\/p>\n
both segments of evidence (last seen evidence and eye witness<\/p>\n
account) adduced by the prosecution do not appear credible.<\/p>\n
26.        We do not find that the prosecution had been able to<\/p>\n
adduce evidence, substantive in character, to nail the appellants who<\/p>\n
are entitled to benefit of doubt and are ordered to be acquitted.<\/p>\n
27.        The appeal shall stand disposed of, accordingly.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n                                               ( S. D. ANAND )\n                                                    JUDGE\n\n\n\nAugust 01, 2008                           (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL)\nPka                                             JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Rulda Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 1 August, 2008 Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No. 7-DB of 1999 Date of decision: 1.8.2008. Rulda Singh and another ….Appellants Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nRulda Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 1 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rulda-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-on-1-august-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rulda Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab on 1 August, 2008 - 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