Rajasthan Court June 1977 Judgments

Karnail Singh Vs. the State of Rajasthan

Court: Rajasthan

Reported in: 1977WLN258

K.D. Sharma, J.1. This is an appeal filed by Karnail Singh against the judgment of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hanumangarh, dated 5th March, 1976, by which the appellant was convicted under Section 307, I.P.C. and Section 27 of the Arms Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 3 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/-, in default of payment of fine to further suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months on the first count and on the second to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 100/-, in default of payment of fine to further suffer rigorous imprisonment for one month. Both the substantive sentences of imprisonment were, however, ordered to run concurrently.2. The incident that led to the prosecution of the appellant may be briefly described as follows On 14th December, 1974, Mangal Singh's wife Inder Kaur purchased agricultural land measuring 8 Bighas in all situated in Chak No. M.K.S 20 of village Manaksar, Tehsil Sangaria, Distri...