JUDGEMENT
MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR, J. -
(1.) THE matrix of the facts, which needs a necessary mention for
the limited purpose of deciding the instant petition for anticipatory bail
filed by petitioner Makhan Singh and emanating from the FIR (Annexure
P1) is that on 9.5.2012 at about 5.00 PM, as soon as, complainant Ranjit
Singh son of Balkar Singh (for brevity "the complainant"), his son
Bikramjit Singh and nephew Gurvinder Singh (deceased) were working
in his fields, in the meantime, accused Kuldip Singh came there and
started abusing Gurvinder Singh, in order to teach him a lesson for
maintaining illicit relations with his wife Raj Kaur. An altercation ensued
between them. The complainant intervened and requested them to settle
the matter with the intervention of respectables. Accused Kuldip Singh
left the spot in an anger.
(2.) THE prosecution claimed that after some time, Kuldip Singh accused along with his friend Makhan Singh (petitioner) again came there
in an Indica Car, bearing No.PB02T-BM-0033. Kuldip Singh was armed
with a rifle and Makhan Singh (petitioner) was driving the car. Kuldip
Singh accused pointed the double barrel gun of his father and fired a shot,
which hit in the stomach of Gurvinder Singh. He started bleeding and
felled on the ground after receipt of the injury. The complainant party
raised noise. Thereafter, accused Kuldip Singh and Makhan Singh
decamped from the spot with the gun. The injured was removed to the
hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Leveling a variety of allegations and narrating the sequence of events, in all, according to the prosecution that the accused have
committed the murder of Gurvinder Singh with their common intention.
In the background of these allegations and in the wake of complaint of
the complainant, a criminal case was registered against accused Kuldip
Singh and Makhan Singh (petitioner), vide FIR No.68 dated 9.5.2012
(Annexure P1), on accusation of having committed the offences
punishable under section 302 read with section 34 IPC and Sections 25 &
27 of the Arms Act.
(3.) THE complainant claimed that Kashmir Singh, father of Kuldip Singh accused, has also participated in the commission of
indicated offences, but was not made accused by the police in the FIR
(Annexure P1). Thereafter, he filed a private complaint (Annexure P2)
against accused Kuldip Singh, Makhan Singh and additional accused
Kashmir Singh, in which, they were summoned to face the trial for the
commission of offences punishable under section 302 read with section
34 IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act by the Magistrate, by way of summoning order dated 29.9.2012 (Annexure P3).;
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