The appellant had an altercation with the deceased for around 15 minutes, pursuant to which the appellant fired at him and companysequently, he died.
Aggrieved by the Judgment of the High Court, this appeal is preferred under Section 379 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Facts of the case in a nutshell are such that the incident in question took place on 05.06.1991 at around 7.30 M. wherein the appellant shot down Jaswant Singh hereinafter referred to as the deceased by his Self Loading Rifle of Bore The appellant and the deceased were working together as Punjab Home Guard Volunteers.
The incident took place when the deceased demanded Rs.100/ from the appellant, which was borrowed by the appellant previously.
The appellant got enraged due to the fact that the borrowed money was demanded in front of the other Punjab Home Guard companyleagues and it was insulting for the appellant.
V. RAMANA, J. This appeal arises out of the impugned judgment dated 07.04.2008, passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No.
However, on appeal, the High Court reversed the findings of the Sessions Judge on the ground that the right to private defence at the part of the appellant was number made out.
