Criminal Appeal No.1049-SB of 1998 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No.1049-SB of 1998 DATE OF DECISION: September 01, 2010 Daljit Singh .....APPELLANT VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE T.P.S.MANN PRESENT: Mr J.S.Gill, Advocate Mr P.S.Grewal, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab T.P.S .MANN,J. (Oral): Appellant-Daljit Singh was convicted by learned Special Judge, Rupnagar on 18.11.1998 for the offence under Sections 7/13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/- and in default of payment thereof, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for six months. Aggrieved of his conviction and sentence, the appellant filed the present appeal which was admitted on 14.12.1998 and he was granted the concession of bail. During pendency of the appeal, the appellant passed away on 26.6.2005. The death certificate was placed on record and the State was asked to verify, but despite the same, the State failed to verify the said fact. Vide order dated 31.8.2006, this Court disposed of the appeal Criminal Appeal No.1049-SB of 1998 -2- as having abated. Thereafter, an application was filed on behalf of Smt. Raj Kumari-widow, Sandeep Sodhi-son and Ms Nisha Sodhi-daughter of the appellant for seeking leave of the Court to continue the appeal. The said application was allowed on 27.10.1996 and it was directed that the main appeal be put up for hearing. Learned counsel representing the near relatives of the appellant has submitted that all the benefits accruing to the appellant on account of his service have since been released in favour of his widow, though the Department has claimed that certain recoveries have to be effected out of the same. When asked by the Court, learned counsel for the near relatives of the appellant has stated that those recoveries are not claimed on account of the conviction of the appellant in the present case. He would, otherwise, be challenging the action of the Department in effecting the recoveries out of the benefits accruing to the widow of the appellant. However, he does not press the present appeal. Disposed of as such. September 01, 2010 (T.P.S.MANN) Pds JUDGE