{"id":256603,"date":"2009-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balbir-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-february-2009"},"modified":"2016-09-05T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T02:51:00","slug":"balbir-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balbir-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-13-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"Balbir Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balbir Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 February, 2009<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                          RFA No.2688 of 1994\n\n                                          Date of Decision: 13.2.2009\n\n\nBalbir Singh\n                                                      ..Appellant.\n\nVs.\n\nThe State of Punjab and another\n                                                      ...Respondents.<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN<\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mr.Naresh Kaushal, Advocate for the appellant.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">            Mr.K.S.Dadwal, Addl.AG Punjab for the respondents.<\/p>\n<p>RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.(ORAL)<\/p>\n<p>            For orders see separate detailed order passed in RFA No.1920<\/p>\n<p>of 1994 titled as Amin Chand and others Vs. State of Punjab and<\/p>\n<p>another.<\/p>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">\n\n\n\n                                           (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n13.2.2009                                         Judge\nMeenu\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Balbir Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 13 February, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.2688 of 1994 Date of Decision: 13.2.2009 Balbir Singh ..Appellant. Vs. The State of Punjab and another &#8230;Respondents. 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