{"id":184144,"date":"2008-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-haryana-and-another-vs-sarwan-singh-on-23-december-2008"},"modified":"2016-06-13T17:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T12:25:21","slug":"the-state-of-haryana-and-another-vs-sarwan-singh-on-23-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-haryana-and-another-vs-sarwan-singh-on-23-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Haryana And Another vs Sarwan Singh on 23 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The State Of Haryana And Another vs Sarwan Singh on 23 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh.\n\n\n\n            RFA No. 1559 of 1998\n            Decided on December 23,2008.\n\n\n\nThe State of Haryana and another        -- Appellants\n\n           vs.\n\nSarwan Singh                            -- Respondent<\/pre>\n<p>Present:   Mr.H.S.Hooda,Advocate General,Haryana,with<br \/>\n           Mr.Rajiv Kawatra, Sr.D.A.G.Haryana,for the appellants<\/p>\n<p>           None for the respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRakesh Kumar Jain,J:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>           For orders, see RFA No.2515 of 1998 of even date.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\nDecember 23,2008                              (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\nRR                                                      Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court The State Of Haryana And Another vs Sarwan Singh on 23 December, 2008 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh. RFA No. 1559 of 1998 Decided on December 23,2008. 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