{"id":214282,"date":"2009-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shingara-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009"},"modified":"2017-08-02T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:00:27","slug":"shingara-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shingara-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Shingara Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shingara Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh.\n\n\n             RFA No.845 of 1993\n             Decided on January 19,2009.\n\n\nShingara Singh                     --Appellant\n\n           vs.\n\nState of Punjab and others         -- Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:     HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN<\/p>\n<p>Present:   Mr.Gurnam Singh,Advocate,for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>           Mr.N.S.Pawar,Addl.A.G.Punjab,for the respondents<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar Jain,J: (Oral)<\/p>\n<p>           For orders, see RFA No.844 of 1993 of even date.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\nJanuary 19,2009                                  (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\nRR                                                       Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Shingara Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh. RFA No.845 of 1993 Decided on January 19,2009. Shingara Singh &#8211;Appellant vs. State of Punjab and others &#8212; Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Gurnam Singh,Advocate,for the appellant. 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