{"id":141445,"date":"2009-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rattan-singh-and-another-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-january-2009"},"modified":"2016-06-02T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T05:45:35","slug":"rattan-singh-and-another-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rattan-singh-and-another-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Rattan Singh And Another vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Rattan Singh And Another vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                         RFA No.2469 of 1993\n\n                                         Date of Decision: 13.1.2009\n\nRattan Singh and another\n\n                                                      ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nThe State of Punjab and another\n\n                                                     ..Respondents.<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN<\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mr.P.C.Dhiman, Advocate for the appellants.<\/p>\n<p>            Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.AG Punjab for the respondents.<\/p>\n<p>RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.(ORAL)<\/p>\n<p>            For orders see separate detailed order of even date passed in<\/p>\n<p>RFA No.2456 of 1993 titled as Jaswant Singh Vs. State of Punjab and<\/p>\n<p>another.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                           (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n13.1.2009                                         Judge\nMeenu\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Rattan Singh And Another vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 January, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.2469 of 1993 Date of Decision: 13.1.2009 Rattan Singh and another ..Appellants. Vs. The State of Punjab and another ..Respondents. 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