When A1 Resham Singh, A2 Harbans Lal and A3 Sukhwinder Singh, filed appeals in this Court by special leave.
A septuagenarian, Tarsem Singh, his son Resham Singh A1 and his two grandsons Harbans Lal A2 and Sukhwinder Singh A3 were arraigned for the said murder.
The companyvicted persons filed an appeal before the High Court, The State of Punjab filed an appeal before the High Court.
The State of Punjab filed an appeal against the acquittal of Tarsem Singh.
A Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana heard all the appeals together.
While upholding the companyviction passed by the trial Court, the Division Bench reversed the order of acquittal of Tarsem Singh and he was also brought within the dragnet of companyviction along with others.
Thomas, J. Singing of obscene ballad unfortunately became the genesis of a series of events which ultimately ended up in the murder of Malkiat Singh on the morning of 21 3 1991.
