{"id":174434,"date":"2009-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/surjit-kumar-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-1-september-2009"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:03:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:33:02","slug":"surjit-kumar-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-1-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/surjit-kumar-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-1-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"Surjit Kumar And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 1 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Surjit Kumar And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 1 September, 2009<\/div>\n
            IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                        AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n\n                                   Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998\n                                   Date of Decision: 1.9.2009\n\n\n                    Surjit Kumar and others.\n\n                                            ....... Petitioner no.1 through Shri.\n                                                    Ranjit Saini, Advocate.\n                                                    Respondent no.2 reported to\n                                                    be dead.\n                                                    Respondent nos. 3 & 4\n                                                    through Shri K.K.Aggarwal,\n                                                    Senior Advocate with Shri\n                                                    Rajbir Singh, Advocate.\n\n                          Versus\n\n                    State of Punjab and another.\n\n                                           ....... Respondent no.1 through\n                                                  Shri B.B.S.Teji, Assistant\n                                                  Advocate General.\n                                                  Respondent no.2 through Shri\n                                                 A.S.Kalra, Advocate.\n\n\n      CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER\n\n                                ....\n\n\n            1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to\n               see the judgment?\n            2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n            3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n                                ....\n\nMahesh Grover,J.\n<\/pre>\n
            This revision petition is directed against judgment dated<\/p>\n
8.10.1998 of the Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur (hereinafter<\/p>\n
described as `the appellate Court’) vide which the appeal of the petitioners<\/p>\n
preferred against    judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated<\/p>\n
28.10.1996 passed by the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Balachaur
\n                       Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998<\/p>\n
                                       -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                       ….\n<\/p>\n
\n(referred to hereinafter as `the trial Court’) was dismissed.<\/p>\n
              Respondent no.2 had filed a criminal complaint against the<\/p>\n
petitioners under Section 465, 467, 471 and 34 of the I.P.C. alleging that<\/p>\n
they had forged and fabricated an agreement to sell dated 9.4.1992<\/p>\n
regarding 400 trees which belonged to him.\n<\/p>\n
              Petitioner-Surjit Kumar was said to have impersonated as<\/p>\n
complainant-Sudagar Singh at the time of execution of the document while<\/p>\n
petitioner nos. 2 & 3 attested the same and petitioner no.4-Muni Lal Kapila<\/p>\n
scribed it.\n<\/p>\n
              The trial Court found all the petitioners guilty of the offences<\/p>\n
punishable under Sections 467 read with Section 34 of the I.P.C. and<\/p>\n
petitioner-Surjit Kumar under Section 471 of the I.P.C. as well and<\/p>\n
accordingly convicted and sentenced them as under:<\/p>\n
              “1.For offence under Section 467\/34 To undergo rigorous<\/p>\n
                of the I.P.C.                          imprisonment for three<\/p>\n
                                                        years and to pay fine of<\/p>\n
                                                        Rs.500\/- each and in<\/p>\n
                                                      default of payment of<\/p>\n
                                                      fine, to undergo further<\/p>\n
                                                      rigorous imprisonment<\/p>\n
                                                      for six months each.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\n               2. Petitioner-Surjit Kumar              To undergo rigorous\n\n                 for offence under Section 471        imprisonment for three\n\n                 of the I.P.C.                        years and to pay a fine of\n                        Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998\n\n                                        -3-<\/span>\n\n                                        ....\n\n\n                                                    Rs.500\/- and in default of\n\n                                                     payment of fine, to\n\n                                                     undergo further rigorous\n\n                                                     imprisonment for six\n\n                                                     months.\n\n<\/pre>\n
             The sentences were, however, directed to run concurrently.<\/p>\n
             Feeling aggrieved, the petitioners filed an appeal, whereas the<\/p>\n
complainant filed a revision petition for enhancement of the sentence, both<\/p>\n
of them were dismissed by the appellate Court vide the impugned judgment,<\/p>\n
resulting in the filing of the instant revision petition.<\/p>\n
             At the out-set, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that<\/p>\n
the petitioners have faced the agony of the criminal proceedings since 1992<\/p>\n
and that in the ultimate analysis of the facts, no loss was caused to<\/p>\n
respondent no.2-complainant. He further contended that keeping in view<\/p>\n
these peculiar facts, the matter may be considered leniently in so far as the<\/p>\n
sentence part is concerned.\n<\/p>\n
             On the other hand, learned counsel for the State as well as the<\/p>\n
learned counsel for respondent no.2-complainant contended that there is<\/p>\n
sufficient evidence on record to warrant conviction of the petitioners and,<\/p>\n
therefore, no leniency ought to be shown to them.<\/p>\n
             I have thoughtfully considered the rival contentions.<\/p>\n
             A perusal of the impugned judgment shows that there is<\/p>\n
sufficient evidence on record to establish the guilt of the petitioners. The<\/p>\n
expert witnesses fully proved the forgery. The role of each of the petitioners
\n                      Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998<\/p>\n
                                      -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                      ….\n<\/p>\n
\nin conspiring with each other to fabricate the document has also been<\/p>\n
proved. In this view of the matter, the impugned judgment does not warrant<\/p>\n
any interference.\n<\/p>\n
            However, keeping in view the fact that the occurrence took<\/p>\n
place in the year 1992 and the petitioners have faced the agony of criminal<\/p>\n
prosecution for the last about 17 years and also the fact that they will be<\/p>\n
fairly advanced in age by now as petitioner no.4 was 74 years old while<\/p>\n
petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 3 were 40, 46 and 50 years of age at that time and<\/p>\n
petitioner no.2 is reported to have since died, no fruitful purpose would be<\/p>\n
served by sending them to jail at this stage and it will be in the fitness of<\/p>\n
things if the sentence awarded to them is reduced to that of already<\/p>\n
undergone and they are made to compensate the complainant. For this view,<\/p>\n
I draw support from the ratio of the law laid down in Kharak Singh and<\/p>\n
others Versus State of Punjab, 2004(1) RCR (Criminal) 766 (P&H); Sadhu<\/p>\n
Singh Versus State of Punjab, 2004(2) RCR (Criminal) 108 (P&H); Moti<\/p>\n
Sagar and others Versus State of Haryana and another, 2004(3) RCR<\/p>\n
(Criminal) 519 (P&H) and Darshan Singh Versus State of Punjab, 2006(2)<\/p>\n
RCR (Criminal) 212 (P&H) and the latest judgment of the Supreme Court in<\/p>\n
Radhey Shyam Versus State of U.P., 2009(1) R.C.R. (Criminal) 217.<\/p>\n
            Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of in the following<\/p>\n
terms:-\n<\/p>\n
            1. The conviction of the petitioners as recorded by the trial<\/p>\n
               Court and upheld by the appellate Court is maintained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            2. The sentence awarded to them is reduced to that of already
\n                     Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998<\/p>\n
                                     -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
                                     ….\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n            undergone and petitioner no.1 is directed to pay a suma of<\/p>\n
            Rs.30,000\/-, whereas petitioner nos. 2 to 4 shall pay a sum,<\/p>\n
            of Rs.10,000\/- each, as compensation to the complainant.<\/p>\n
            Since petitioner no.2 is reported to have died, the amount of<\/p>\n
            compensation shall be paid by his legal heirs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
          3. The aforesaid amount shall be deposited by the petitioners<\/p>\n
            in the trial Court within a period of three months from today<\/p>\n
            and on their doing so, the same shall be disbursed to the<\/p>\n
            complainant after due notice and verification.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
          4. In case the petitioners fail to deposit the above amounts<\/p>\n
            within the stipulated period, the sentence as awarded to them<\/p>\n
            by the trial Court and affirmed by the appellate Court shall<\/p>\n
            stand revived and they shall be required to serve the<\/p>\n
            remaining sentence in accordance with law.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
September 01,2009                                ( Mahesh Grover )\n\"SCM\"                                                Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Surjit Kumar And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 1 September, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.Revision Petition No.1091 of 1998 Date of Decision: 1.9.2009 Surjit Kumar and others. ……. Petitioner no.1 through Shri. Ranjit Saini, Advocate. Respondent no.2 reported to be dead. 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