{"id":126228,"date":"2011-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baru-ram-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-20-october-2011"},"modified":"2017-05-30T00:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T19:24:27","slug":"baru-ram-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-20-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baru-ram-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-20-october-2011","title":{"rendered":"Baru Ram vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 20 October, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Baru Ram vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 20 October, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                    CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                         Criminal Misc.-M No.32116 of 2011 (O&amp;M)\n                         Date of Decision: October 20, 2011\n\nBaru Ram\n                                                         ...Petitioner\n\n                                 Versus\n\nState of Punjab &amp; others\n                                                         ...Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.B.P.S.Virk, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n                         *****\n\nRANJIT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            The petitioner has an alternative remedy in view<br \/>\nof law laid down in         Sakiri Vasu Versus State of U.P. And<br \/>\nothers, 2008(1) RCR (Criminal) 392.               The petitioner, if so<br \/>\nadvised, may exercise his alternative remedy in terms of the<br \/>\nlaw afore-mentioned.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\nOctober 20, 2011                                  ( RANJIT SINGH )\nramesh                                                 JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Baru Ram vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 20 October, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No.32116 of 2011 (O&amp;M) Date of Decision: October 20, 2011 Baru Ram &#8230;Petitioner Versus State of Punjab &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. 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