High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/33607/2013dismissed

Bittu @ Harjinder Singh v. State Of Punjab & ORS

2019-07-20Mr. Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill3 pages

-1In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CRM-M-33607 of 2013 Date of Decision: 20.7.2019 Bittu @ Harjinder Singh ......Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARNARESH SINGH GILL

Present:

Ms. Gurpal Kaur Dulat, Advocate Legal Aid Counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. H.S.Sullar, DAG, Punjab.

**** HARNARESH SINGH GILL , J This petition is under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to this Court to exercise its discretion under Section 427 Cr.P.C. and order the sentences passed against the petitioner in different FIRs to run concurrently so that he would undergo 14 years of imprisonment in respect of all the convictions passed against him by commuting it under Sections 55, 427, 433, 433-A Cr.P.C.

Petitioner Harjinder Singh @ Bittu along with his co-accused Kuldeep @ Krishan Kumar and Raj Kumar @ Raju had faced trial in FIR No. 133 dated 14.10.2002 under Sections 376, 366, 342, 392, 323, 34 IPC. Vide judgment/order dated 18.12.2004, they were convicted and sentenced by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bathinda under Sections 366, 376(2)(g), 342, 323, 382, 34 IPC.

Aggrieved of the said judgment and order dated 18.12.2004, the petitioner and the co-accused preferred three separate appeals. Vide order of even date, the the said three appeals have been dismissed by this Court.

-2As per the custody certificate, produced by the the State counsel (in CRA-S-615-SB-2005), the petitioner had also been convicted and sentenced in several other FIRs, details of which are as under:- Sr.

No.

FIR number Date Section(s) Police Station 1.

545/1997 N/A 380 IPC City Dabwali, Sirsa 2.

15/1998 1.2.1998 457, 380 IPC City Budhlada, Mansa 3.

08/1998 13.1.1998 457, 380 IPC Bhikhi, Mansa 4.

52/1997 5.9.1997 457, 380 IPC City Budhlada, Mansa 5.

21/1998 7.1.1998 457, 380 IPC Kalanwali, Sirsa 6.

577/2002 23.8.2002 457, 380 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 7.

841/1997 8.9.1997 457, 380 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 8.

102/1998 23.1.1998 457, 380 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 9.

39/1998 28.1.1998 457, 380 IPC City Tohana, Fatehabad 10.

70/1998 5.2.1998 457, 380 IPC City Fatehabad, Fatehabad 11.

497/1997 4.9.1997 457, 380 IPC Ratia, Fatehabad 12.

9/1997 3.1.1997 411 IPC Kalanwali, Sirsa 13.

414/1994 14.11.1994 457, 380, 411 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 14.

343/1994 31.12.1994 457, 380 IPC City Dabwali, Sirsa 15.

215/2000 16.11.2000 411 IPC Kalanwali, Sirsa 16.

150/2002 15.9.2002 379 IPC Kalanwali, Sirsa 17.

25/1995 22.1.1995 411 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 18.

15/1995 16.1.1995 457, 380 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 19.

22/1995 19.1.1995 457, 380 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 20.

12/1995 12.1.1995 25 of the Arms Act City Sirsa, Sirsa 21.

227/2001 13.5.2001 223, 224, 120-B IPC & 25 of the Arms Act Kotwali Bathinda, Bathinda 22.

470/2002 8.10.2002 379 IPC Kotwali Bathinda, Bathinda 23.

174/2002 4.10.2002 392, 411, 34 Lambi, Sri Muktsar Sahib 24.

69/2002 25.10.2002 411 IPC Mahil Kalan, Barnala 25.

167/2002 2.9.2002 489-B IPC City-1, Mansa, Mansa

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626/2002 18.9.2002 380, 457 IPC City Sirsa, Sirsa 27.

143/2002 31.10.2002 399, 402, 411, 412 IPC & 25 of the Arms Act Raman, Bathinda 28.

225/2002 15.10.2002 302, 201, 34 IPC City Dabwali, Sirsa From the above, it is clear that the petitioner is a hard-core criminal. He has been involved in many other cases and has also been convicted and sentenced in those case. After taking into consideration the record, the petitioner is not entitled to the relief claimed by him. The petition is dismissed.

(HARNARESH SINGH GILL) JUDGE July 20, 2019 Gurpreet Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes Whether reportable :