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Sewa Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr.

Punjab & Haryana HC6 May 2026CRM-A/509/2017

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What is this about?

Legal heirs were impleaded in place of deceased appellant Sewa Singh. Leave to appeal was granted against acquittal of Jasvir Singh, appeal admitted, to be listed with connected CRA-S-279-SB-2017, and respondent No. 2 directed to furnish attendance bond.

What did the court decide?

Leave granted, appeal admitted, legal heirs substituted; respondent No. 2 to furnish bond of Rs. 25,000 with surety for attendance.

Sewa Singh Vs State of Punjab and Anr. — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

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CRM-A-509-MA-2017 (O&M) 1

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208 CRM-A-509-MA-2017 (O&M)

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SEWA SINGH V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR.

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Present: Mr. G.B.S. Gill, Advocate for the appellant.

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Mr. Akshay Kumar, A.A.G, Punjab. Mr. Ja"n Kumar, Legal Aid Counsel for respondent No. 2.

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CRM-4521-2024

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Present applica"on has been filed for grant of permission to the applicants to pursue the appeal and subs"tute their names in place of the appellant.

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Counsel for the applicant submits that the following legal heirs of deceased appellant-Sewa Singh, who died on 06.11.2018, are being impleaded in the present case:

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(i) Sukhdeep Kaur w/o Sewa Singh (ii) Jagmit Singh s/o of Sewa Singh (iii) Loveljeet Kaur d/o Sewa Singh

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(iv) Simarjeet Kaur d/o Sewa singh

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Given above and for the reasons men"oned in the applica"on, the same is allowed and Sukhdeep Kaur, Jagmit Singh, Loveljeet Kaur and Simarjeet Kaur are impleaded as legal heirs of appellant-Sewa Singh.

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Amended memo of par"es is taken on record.

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CRM-A-509-MA-2017

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Counsel for the appellant submits that he has a very good case on merit and there is sufficient evidence on record which is sufficient for convic"on of the private respondent. There is no apprecia"on of evidence in judgment of acqui6al of Jasvir Singh dated 06.01.2017.

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Counsel for the private respondents opposes the prayer and submits that the appeal bearing No. CRA-S-279-SB-2017 filed by co-convict Boota Singh has also been admi6ed and is pending. He further submits that both the ma6ers be heard together.

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Leave to appeal granted.

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Registry to assign number to appeal.

Main appeal

Heard.

Admi6ed.

List along with CRA-S-279-SB-2017 on its own turn by following the roster and

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instruc"ons issued by Hon’ble the Chief Jus"ce.

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JYOTI 2026.05.08 09:46 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment.

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CRM-A-509-MA-2017 (O&M) 2

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The accused i.e. respondent No. 2 to execute a bond for a6endance within three months, undertaking to appear in this Court, in case appeal is allowed.

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Given above, the accused- respondent No. 2 shall furnish a personal bond of Rs. Twenty Five Thousand only (INR 25,000/-), and furnishing one surety for Rs. Twenty Five thousand only (INR 25,000/-), to the sa"sfac"on of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate. Before accep"ng the sure"es, the concerned Court must sa"sfy that if the accused fails to appear in Court, then such surety is capable of producing the accused before the Court.

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The furnishing of the personal bonds shall be deemed acceptance of the all s"pula"ons, terms, and condi"ons of this order.

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Registry to communicate this order to the trial Court without any delay. In case of failure of private respondent to furnish bond, the concerned Court shall proceed further in accordance with law.

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It is clarified that no adverse inference shall be drawn against respondent no. 2 because of pendency of the present appeal.

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There would be no need for a cer�fied copy of this order for furnishing bonds, and any Advocate for the accused can download this order along with case status from the official web page of this Court and a�est it to be a true copy. In case the a�es�ng officer wants to verify the authen�city, such an officer can also verify its authen�city and may download and use the downloaded copy for a�es�ng bonds.

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(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE

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06.05.2026 Jyo�-II

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JYOTI 2026.05.08 09:46 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment.

Sewa Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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