IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Revision No. 1792 of 2003 Date of decision: February 08, 2010 Machhinder Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and another .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. S.S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, Addl. A.G. Haryana for the respondent-State. A.N. Jindal, J All the three accused namely Rachhpal Singh, Surjit Kaur and Machhinder Singh were prosecuted for the offence under Sections 494/109 IPC, on the allegations that Gurdev Singh re-married with Rajinder Kaur during subsistence of first marriage of Gurdev Singh with Gurinder Kaur. Ultimately, vide judgment dated 11/12.12.2000 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ambala convicted and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.300/-. During the pendency of the appeal, accused Rachhpal Singh died and the appeal against him stood abated. As such, while dismissing the appeal filed by the accused-petitioner, vide judgment dated 21.3.2003 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala, they were ordered to be released on probation. Accused Surjit Kaur did not prefer any revision against the said judgment and only Machhinder Singh has come in revision. Arguments heard. Record perused. Both the courts below appear to have appreciated the evidence in the right perspective. Second marriage of Gurdev Singh with Rajinder Kaur (since declared as Proclaimed Offender) in connivance with the petitioners appears to have been proved. Sufficient evidence has been led in this regard. Crl. Revision No. 1792 of 2003 -2- No grounds to interfere. Dismissed. However, the order of probation will not effect the service career of the petitioner Machhinder Singh. February 08, 2010 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge