Rakesh Kumar v. State of Punjab
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Extraction blocked by source corruption: the judgment body renders as replacement-glyph (mojibake) text across pages -1- to -24-, so no court name, case number/type, bench composition, party or advocate names, statute references, cited works, issues, holdings, amounts or final disposition can be verified from this copy. Legible remnants: (1) recurring certification stamp 'RAJ KUMAR ARORA 2026.04.16 16:59 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document' (attestation metadata, not bench or court data); (2) page markers -1- through -24-; (3) a single substantive clause at ¶176: 'Taking into consideration the facts and mitigating circumstances relied upon by the appellant,' indicating an appellate sentencing/mitigation context but insufficient to establish disposition or quantum. Record supplied empty-by-design under the no-invention rule; obtain a clean source file before citing this judgment.