On the pretext of giving assistance to him for obtaining a gas companynection by going to the shop of the agent of the gas, he made attempts to take Amarjit Singh to the said shop.
Amarjit immediately checked the house hold articles and found that a revolver of 32 bore bearing No.
When the S.I. Onkar Nath and other police officials were proceeding to Verka bypass from Majitha Chowk for investigation of the case and reached Sun Nallah in village Mustafabad, the accused Manmohan Singh was found companying down the bank of Nallah.
P 7 and P 8 , pair of tobas Ext.
1600/ Ext.
All the said appeals were disposed of by a companymon judgment dated 17.4.1994.
Therefore, the companyviction and sentences passed against him are wholly justified and numberinterference is called for against such companyviction and sentence.
The prosecution examined a number of witnesses including Dr. Sonal PW 1 .
277 SB of 1993 against companyviction under Section 25 Arms Act before the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
At the instance of Paranjit, two gold bangles Ext.
On 1.5.89 Paranjit was interrogated by Gian Singh and Paranjit Singh made a disclosure statement to the effect that he had companycealed gold ornaments wrapped in a white chabra in his house.
The police thereafter visited the spot and prepared inquest report Ex.
Amarjit went to stairs and found all articles in their home scattered on the floor.
He also found that a sum of Rs.
PGC and Paranjit signed the same.
7,000/ , two gold sets weighing about 9 tobas were missing from the house.
277 88 of 1993 directed against the judgment dated 15.6.1993 passed by the Designated Court companyvicting the appellant under Section 25 of the Arms Act.
Kulwinder polished gold ornaments Ext.
Amarjit numbericed that Manmohan was then carrying a bundle wrapped in white sheet in his right hand.
1 to the shop of a gas agency near Bus Stand in order to help him in getting gas companynection.
247 DB of 1993 arising out of judgment dated 15.6.1993 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Amritsar in Sessions Case No.
Manmohan immediately left the place.
The High Court has upheld companyvictions and sentences passed against the appellant Manmohan Singh.
The said accused No.
PC was also examined by the police, Kulwinder Singh goldsmith PW 13 was also examined by the police.
A blood stained lock which was put on an iron box was lying near the dead body.
Paramjit being busy with his works in flour mill, companyld number then accompany him.
1 Manmohan Singh was also tried before the designated companyrt for offence under Section 5 of TADA Act and under Section 25 Arms Act.
In companynection with the murder of Ratan Kaur in her house on 22.4.1989 at Batala Road in Amritsar, accused No.
On 22.4.1989 Dewan Singh had gone to village Ghanaake for cultivating wheat crop and Amarjit and Ratan Kaur were in their house.
Such disclosure statement was reduced in writing Ext.
Fresh blood was companying out of the injury on the head of Ratan Kaur.
On way he met SI Onkar Nath and made the statement which was rendered in writing and Amarjit Singh signed such statement forming FIR Ext.
P 20 , one wrist watch Ext.
Manmohan Singh preferred Criminal Appeal No.
Harbhajan Singh was asked by Amarjit to guard his mothers dead body and Amarjit wanted to lodge FIR.
Ratan Singh PW 12 who had repaired Rolex watch of Dewan Singh and charged Rs.
The accused Manmohan Singh was found companying down from the first floor by the staircase when Amarjit Singh returned from the shop of the gas agent by number finding Manmohan Singh in the said shop of the agent.
Mohinder Singh Virdi PW 8 .
The prosecution case in short is that the deceased Ratan Kaur used to reside in her house at Batala Road, Amritsar with her husband Dewan Singh PW 4 and son Amarjit Singh PW 2 .
1600/ were also missing from the house.
266 DB of 1993 against his companyviction and sentence.
Paranjit Singh preferred Criminal Appeal No.
1 there.
Narinder Singh PW 3 .
PB and the dead body was sent for post mortem examination.
These appeals are directed against judgment dated 17.4.1994 passed by the Division Bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court in Criminal Appeal No.
After waiting for about an hour at the shop of gas agency, Amarjit returned to his home and found Manmohan Singh companying down by the stairs from the residential portion of their house.
1 Manmohan Singh the appellant herein and accused No.
On 23.4.1989, post mortem examination was held by Dr. Sonal PW 1 and in his report, he indicated that Ratan Kaur had died due to asphyxia on account of strangulation and she also suffered head injury.
80 of 1989 renumbered as 354 of 1992 and in Criminal Appeal No.
2 Paranjit Singh went to the house of Narinder Singh PW 3 and told him that 20/25 days ego he had companyspired with Manmohan Singh that they would extort money and other articles provided they companyld get a revolver.
A61515 with 16 live cartridges of the same bore were missing.
The Naib Tahsildar submitted his report Ext.
Dewan Singh PW 4 .
P 6 to P 14 against payment of Rs.
Amarjit then came down the stairs by raising alarm that Manmohan had killed his mother and companymitted theft in their house.
Amarjit also told Paranjit that on finding proper opportunity, he would get revolver, ornaments and cash by sending Dewan and Amarjit away from their house and by killing Ratan Kaur if necessary.
Paranjit also informed Narinder PW 3 that on 22.1.1989, when Dewan Singh was away and Amarjit had gone to the shop of a gas agent as requested by Manmohan, Manmohan went to the house of Dewan Singh and looted revolver, cash and other articles after killing Ratan Kaur.
65/ for such repair against receipt Ext.
90/ vide receipt Ext.
Harbhajan Singh was attracted by such shout of Amarjit.
P 23 on which the name of Dewan Singh was written, were found.
Manmohan Singh then told Paranjit that his uncle Dewan Singh was in possession of a revolver and he would be able to get the said revolver along with some cash and gold ornaments.
Accused No.
Thereafter, Narinder had taken Paranjit to A.S.I. Gian Singh PW 15 .
Such articles were seized vide recovery memo Ext.
115/ as repairing charges against receipt Ext.
P 24/116 and small diary Ext.
1 appeared to be nervous on seeing Amarjit and on enquiry made by Amarjit as to why he had number gone to the gas agent, Manmohan Singh told him that he got busy with his friends, and started eating and drinking with them.
P 22 , currency numberes Ext.
Amarjit also numbericed some blood stains on the said sheet.
He found his mother Ratan Kaur lying dead on the mattress.
Thereafter, Dewan Singh checked up the articles in the house and found that two bangles of gold, two gold tobas, two pairs of ear rings, kodak camera, one Rolex wrist watch and his burse companytaining Rs.
When Amarjit Singh had informed him on the third occasion that he would shortly go there and the accused Manmohan Singh should wait in the said shop, the accused Manmohan Singh did number go to the shop and waited for the opportunity to enter the house in the absence of Amarjit and Diwan and companymit the crime.
Manmohan Singh appeared to be nervous by seeing Amarjit Singh and by giving false excuse about his number going to the shop, he had hurriedly left the place.
Amarjit PW 2 .
PF by acknowledging the companyrectness of the statement.
On 1.5.1989 the accused No.
DW3/A in Punjab Kesari dated 26.4.1989 to the effect that Manmohan Singh had killed his fathers a sister for the sake of cash and jewellery and escaped with revolver used for killing.
P 20 given to him for repairing by Dewan Singh and had also paid Rs.
3 Gopal Nagar, Majitha Road, Amritsar was issued on 27.2.1984 and thereafter numberconnection was issued in favour of the said person.
ASI Parshotam Lal PW 14 .
During investigation, the police also recorded the statement of Mohinder Singh Virdi who had repaired camera Ext.
A 61515 along with two live cartridges Ext.
1 again came at 1 P.M. but Paramjit companyld number go even then.
1 that he would go to gas agency directly after finishing his work and the accused No.
Surender Singh the Naib Tahsildar held identification of the said seized articles and Dewan Singh identified the said articles.
Dewan Singh reached home and his son Amarjit apprised him of the said incident of murder and theft.
A dupatta was found tied around the neck of Ratan Kaur with a knot.
Ravinder Kapila, a representative of Hind Samachar Ltd was examined as DW 3 to prove a report Ex.
On behalf of the accused Chanchal Manohar Singh, Senior Correspondent Indian Express Chandigarh DW 1 was examined to prove a news item that a middle aged women Ratan Kaur was strangulated to death by some assailants in her residence in Kashmir Avenue in Amritsar City.
Vikram, an employee of Punjab Gas Service was examined as DW 4 to prove that gas companynection in favour of Trilok Singh.
P 9 and P 10 were recovered and seized vide memo Ext.
16 and 16 , one camera Ex.
Accused No.
Parveen Puri, Advertisement Manager of Daily Ajit, Jallandhar was examined as DW 2 to prove similar news item.
Both the accused denied the companyrectness of the evidence adduced against them in their statements under Section 313 of the CrPC and asserted that they were innocent but falsely implicated.
1 Manmohan Singh was directed to go there and wait for him.
Rattan Singh PW 12 .
After some time, Amarjit after closing his flour mill had gone to the said gas agency but he did number see accused No.
P 7 , two ear rings Ext.
P l1 and P 12, gold necklace Ext.
The learned Sessions Judge on companysidering the evidences adduced in the case including the extra judicial companyfession of Paranjit Singh and recovery of various articles stolen from the house of Dewan Singh from the possession of the accused came to the finding that Paranjit Singh and Manmohan Singh hatched a companyspiracy to kill Ratan Kaur and take possession of revolver and other valuables from the house of the deceased and Manmohan ultimately killed Ratan Kaur and looted the cash, jewellery and other valuable articles.
Kulwinder Singh PW 13 , Gian Singh PW 15 and S.I. Onkar Singh PW 16 .
At about 10.00 A.M. the accused Manmohan Singh came to the flour mill which was being run by Paranjit Singh in the ground floor of their house at Amritsar and requested Paranjit to accompany the accused No.
1 again came at about 3 P.M. for the said purpose and Paranjit told accused No.
P 21 and one purse companytaining Rs.
