{"id":190142,"date":"2008-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008"},"modified":"2016-03-10T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T18:16:09","slug":"santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                   1\n\n         In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh\n\n\n                       Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001\n                       Date of decision:18.8.2008\n\n\nSantra\n                                                ......Appellant\n\n\n                       Versus\n\n\nState of Haryana\n                                                .......Respondent\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.S.GAREWAL\n        HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Aashish Gupta, Advocate,\n            for the appellants.\n\n            Ms.Navin Malik, Addl.A.G.Haryana.\n                ****\n\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
SABINA, J.\n<\/p>\n
            Vide this judgment Criminal Appeal Nos. 17-DB, 18-DB<\/p>\n
and 46-DB of 2001 would be disposed of as all the appeals have<\/p>\n
arisen out of    common judgment dated 12\/13.12.2000 passed by<\/p>\n
Additional Sessions Judge, Jind.\n<\/p>\n
            Prosecution story, in brief, is that Rameshwar, elder<\/p>\n
brother of complainant Balbir Singh, was married to Santro Devi<\/p>\n
(Santra) daughter of Dulla Ram about 20\/22 years prior to the<\/p>\n
occurrence and they had two children i.e. a son and a daughter.
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                     2<\/span><\/p>\n
Relations between Rameshwar and his wife Santro Devi were not<\/p>\n
cordial. On many occasions their differences had to be resolved with<\/p>\n
the intervention of Panchayat. About three months prior to the<\/p>\n
occurrence Santro Devi had gone to her parental house in village<\/p>\n
Retoli after quarrelling with Rameshwar. On 26.6.1999, complainant<\/p>\n
and Rameshwar went to bring her back from village Retoli at about<\/p>\n
5\/6 p.m. At about 7\/7.30 p.m. the complainant went outside the<\/p>\n
house in the fields to ease himself and returned back after half an<\/p>\n
hour. He found that Dulla Ram and Ramesh were pressing the neck<\/p>\n
of Rameshwar while sitting on his chest and Santro Devi and Anguri<\/p>\n
Devi had caught hold of Rameshwar from his legs. Dulla Ram was<\/p>\n
saying that they should teach a lesson to Rameshwar for harassing<\/p>\n
his daughter. Out of fear complainant ran away from the spot to his<\/p>\n
village and returned back in the morning along with other persons<\/p>\n
and found the dead body of his brother lying at the spot.<\/p>\n
           On the basis of the statement of the complainant, formal<\/p>\n
FIR No.83 dated 27.6.99 was registered at Police Station Pillu Khera.<\/p>\n
           After   completion    of   investigation       and   necessary<\/p>\n
formalities the accused were sent up for trial. Charge was framed<\/p>\n
against them under Section 302\/120-B IPC on 12.11.1999.              The<\/p>\n
accused did not plead guilty and claimed trial.<\/p>\n
           In order to prove its case, the material witnesses<\/p>\n
examined by the prosecution at the trial were Ranbir Singh (PW-1),<\/p>\n
Complainant Balbir Singh (PW-9) and SI Jagat Singh (PW-11).
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                  3<\/span><\/p>\n
            After the close of prosecution evidence, accused when<\/p>\n
examined under Section 313 Cr.P.C. prayed that they were innocent<\/p>\n
and had been falsely involved in this case. Accused did not lead any<\/p>\n
defence evidence despite opportunity having been given.<\/p>\n
            Vide impugned judgment, learned Additional Sessions<\/p>\n
Judge, Jind convicted all the accused under Section 302 read with<\/p>\n
Section 34 IPC and sentenced them to undergo imprisonment for life<\/p>\n
and fine of Rs.1,000\/- each. Hence, the present appeal.<\/p>\n
            Learned counsel for the appellants has submitted that the<\/p>\n
story put forth by the prosecution was highly doubtful. The alleged<\/p>\n
eye witness instead of trying to save his brother had fled away from<\/p>\n
the spot.     As such, the complainant had not witnessed the<\/p>\n
occurrence nor he was present at the spot. There is delay in lodging<\/p>\n
the FIR also. Appellant Santro Devi and deceased Rameshwar had<\/p>\n
been married for a long time before the occurrence and there was no<\/p>\n
occasion for the appellants to commit the murder of Rameshwar.<\/p>\n
            Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted<\/p>\n
that the dead body was recovered from the parental house of the<\/p>\n
wife of deceased Rameshwar, who had died an unnatural death.<\/p>\n
The complainant witnessed the occurrence but out of fear went back<\/p>\n
to his village and came back in the morning accompanied by other<\/p>\n
persons and immediately reported the matter to the police.<\/p>\n
            The complainant, while appearing in the witness box as<\/p>\n
PW-9, has deposed as per his statement made to the police.
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                 4<\/span><\/p>\n
Rameshwar, who is husband of accused Santro Devi died in the<\/p>\n
house of her parents due to strangulation.\n<\/p>\n
           As per the medical evidence, Dr.Ranbir Singh (PW-1),<\/p>\n
who had conducted the post mortem examination along with other<\/p>\n
doctors on 28.6.1999 at 11.00 a.m., found that veins were prominent<\/p>\n
and neck was swollen. There were superficial marks of four fingers<\/p>\n
present on the left side of his neck and mark of thumb was present<\/p>\n
on the right side. The finger marks were extended outward and<\/p>\n
downward, whereas, the thumb mark was present obliquely          and<\/p>\n
upward. These marks looked like soft and black bruises. Thin linear<\/p>\n
marks produced by finger nails were also present.        There were<\/p>\n
multiple bruises on the mouth, cheeks, forehead, lower jaw       and<\/p>\n
chest.   On dissection, cornue of hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage,<\/p>\n
cartilage of larynx were found fractured. Larynx and trachea were<\/p>\n
congested and contained blood stained frothy mucous. In his opinion<\/p>\n
cause of death was asphyxia as a result of throttling, which was ante<\/p>\n
mortem in nature and was sufficient to cause death in the ordinary<\/p>\n
course of nature. The time between death and post mortem<\/p>\n
examination was within 48 hours.\n<\/p>\n
           From the medical evidence and ocular evidence it<\/p>\n
transpires that the person, who had strangulated the deceased, was<\/p>\n
sitting on his chest and had strangulated him with the help of his<\/p>\n
hand. The finger marks were found present on the left side of the<\/p>\n
neck of the deceased, whereas, the thumb mark was present on the
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
right side of the neck of the deceased. The placement of the finger<\/p>\n
marks and thumb mark as opined by the doctor clearly show that the<\/p>\n
person, who had strangulated the deceased with the help of his<\/p>\n
hand, must have been sitting on the chest of the deceased as<\/p>\n
deposed by the eye witness.       Hyoid bone,    thyroid cartilage and<\/p>\n
cartilage of larynx were found fractured during this process.<\/p>\n
            As per PW-9, the occurrence in this case had taken place<\/p>\n
on 26.6.1999 at about 8.00 p.m. The doctor opined that the time<\/p>\n
between death and post mortem examination was within 48 hours.<\/p>\n
The post mortem examination was conducted on 28.6.1999 at about<\/p>\n
11.00 a.m. and, thus, it supports ocular version regarding time of<\/p>\n
occurrence.    The complainant had got recorded his statement at<\/p>\n
about 3.30 p.m. on 27.6.1999. The delay in lodging the FIR leads to<\/p>\n
the inference that the possibility that some innocent persons had also<\/p>\n
been named in the FIR can not be ruled out.          The presence of<\/p>\n
complainant-PW-9 at the spot, however, cannot be doubted. The<\/p>\n
complainant is the brother of the deceased and since wife of the<\/p>\n
deceased had left her matrimonial home, after a quarrel, it was<\/p>\n
natural for the deceased to have gone along with his brother to bring<\/p>\n
her back.     All the accused must have been present at the spot.<\/p>\n
However, from the medical evidence it appears that only accused<\/p>\n
Ramesh must have sat on the chest of the deceased and had<\/p>\n
strangulated him with the help of his hand and as a result<\/p>\n
Rameshwar died at the spot immediately.         The complainant has
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                  6<\/span><\/p>\n
attributed the role to other accused with a view to rope in the entire<\/p>\n
family. The possibility that Santro Devi and her parents had not<\/p>\n
participated in the murder of Rameshwar can not be ruled out.<\/p>\n
Rameshwar had come to take back his wife Santro Devi to her<\/p>\n
matrimonial home and a quarrel might have started between all of<\/p>\n
them. Accused Ramesh committed the murder of his brother-in-law<\/p>\n
Rameshwar. The statement of the complainant so far as commission<\/p>\n
of murder by accused Ramesh inspires confidence. However, he<\/p>\n
has failed to establish that all the accused had connived with each<\/p>\n
other to commit murder of Rameshwar. The possibility that Santro<\/p>\n
Devi and her parents were merely silent spectators can not be ruled<\/p>\n
out.\n<\/p>\n
            On seeing the occurrence, the complainant left the spot<\/p>\n
as he must have been in a trauma and came back in the morning<\/p>\n
along with other persons including Sewa Singh (PW-10).            On<\/p>\n
reaching the house of the accused, complainant informed the matter<\/p>\n
to the police after leaving Sewa Singh near the dead body.<\/p>\n
            The dead body of Rameshwar was recovered from the<\/p>\n
parental house of    accused Santro Devi.      Had the accused not<\/p>\n
committed    murder of Rameshwar, the matter would have been<\/p>\n
reported to the police by Santro Devi, wife of the deceased or her<\/p>\n
parents.\n<\/p>\n
            On a complete over all view of the prosecution case, we<\/p>\n
find that the deceased had been murdered by accused Ramesh and
\n Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001                   7<\/span><\/p>\n
his conviction and sentence are liable to be upheld, whereas, the<\/p>\n
conviction and sentence of appellants Santro Devi, Anguri Devi and<\/p>\n
Dulla Ram are liable to be set aside as the possibility that they have<\/p>\n
been falsely involved in this case can not be ruled out.<\/p>\n
           Accordingly Criminal Appeal Nos. 17-DB and 18-DB are<\/p>\n
allowed.   Appellants Santro Devi (Santra) and Anguri Devi are<\/p>\n
acquitted of the charge framed against them.       So far as Criminal<\/p>\n
Appeal No.46-DB is concerned, the same is allowed qua appellant-<\/p>\n
Dulla Ram and he is acquitted of the charge framed against him and<\/p>\n
the appeal qua accused Ramesh stands dismissed.             The said<\/p>\n
accused, who is on bail, be taken in custody for undergoing the<\/p>\n
remaining sentence.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                 (SABINA)
\n                                                  JUDGE<\/p>\n
                                                 (K.S.GAREWAL)
\n                                                     JUDGE
\nAugust 18, 2008
\nanita\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Appeal No. 17-DB of 2001 Date of decision:18.8.2008 Santra ……Appellant Versus State of Haryana …….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE K.S.GAREWAL HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Aashish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSantra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\"},\"wordCount\":1498,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Punjab-Haryana High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\",\"name\":\"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008","datePublished":"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008"},"wordCount":1498,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Punjab-Haryana High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008","name":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-08-17T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-10T18:16:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santra-vs-state-of-haryana-on-18-august-2008#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Santra vs State Of Haryana on 18 August, 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}