{"id":133195,"date":"2008-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balkar-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-haryana-on-12-december-2008"},"modified":"2019-03-13T07:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T02:13:19","slug":"balkar-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-haryana-on-12-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balkar-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-haryana-on-12-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Balkar Singh And Another vs State Of Haryana on 12 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balkar Singh And Another vs State Of Haryana on 12 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                     CHANDIGARH\n\n\n\n                               Criminal Appeal No. 504 DB of 1998\n                               Date of Decision : December 12, 2008\n\n\n\n\nBalkar Singh and another                         ...Appellants\n\n                               Versus\nState of Haryana.                                ...Respondent<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:- HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. GAREWAL<br \/>\n        HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN<\/p>\n<p>Present:     Mr. R.S. Cheema, Senior Advocate with<br \/>\n             Mr. Jasdev Singh Mehendiratta, Advocate, for the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Mr. S.S. Randhawa, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.\n<\/p>\n<p>             For order, see Criminal Appeal No 453 DB of 1998 entitled<\/p>\n<p>Mohinder Singh Versus State of Haryana of even date.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                           (K.S. GAREWAL)\n                                                   JUDGE\n\n\n\n12.12.2008                              (JITENDRA CHAUHAN)\nprem                                              JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Balkar Singh And Another vs State Of Haryana on 12 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No. 504 DB of 1998 Date of Decision : December 12, 2008 Balkar Singh and another &#8230;Appellants Versus State of Haryana. &#8230;Respondent CORAM:- HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE K.S. 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