{"id":210023,"date":"2008-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ajit-singh-and-others-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008"},"modified":"2016-04-22T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T11:47:08","slug":"ajit-singh-and-others-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ajit-singh-and-others-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Ajit Singh And Others vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 23 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ajit Singh And Others vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 23 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh.\n\n\n\n\n            RFA No. 1649 of 1993\n            Decided on December 23,2008.\n\n\n\nAjit Singh and others              --Appellants\n\n            Vs.\n\n\nThe State of Punjab and another     --Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:      Hon&#8217;ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain<\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mr.Kulwant Singh,Advocate, for Mr. J.S.Wasu,Advocate,for<br \/>\n            the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.A.G.Punjab, for the respondents<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar Jain,J:\n<\/p>\n<p>            For orders, see RFA No.1362 of 1993 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 Ajit Singh And Others vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 23 December, 2008 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh. RFA No. 1649 of 1993 Decided on December 23,2008. Ajit Singh and others &#8211;Appellants Vs. 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