{"id":93928,"date":"2009-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fateh-singh-and-another-vs-punjab-state-and-another-on-15-january-2009"},"modified":"2016-03-30T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T05:36:24","slug":"fateh-singh-and-another-vs-punjab-state-and-another-on-15-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/fateh-singh-and-another-vs-punjab-state-and-another-on-15-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Fateh Singh And Another vs Punjab State And Another on 15 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Fateh Singh And Another vs Punjab State And Another on 15 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                          RFA No.3948 of 1992\n\n                                          Date of Decision: 15.1.2009\n\nFateh Singh and another\n                                                      ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nPunjab State and another\n                                                      ..Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Rajeshwar Singh, Advocate for the appellants.\n\n            Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.AG Punjab for the respondents.\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For orders see separate detailed order passed in RFA No.3943<\/p>\n<p>of 1992 titled as Mohinder Singh Vs. 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