Criminal Revision No.1210 of 2001 -1- .... IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.1210 of 2001 Date of decision:- 09.12.2010 Smt. Rupinder Kaur ......Petitioner versus Navdeep Singh and another ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: - Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocate for Mr. P.K. Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Narinder Singh, Advocate, for the respondent No.1. Mr. O.P. Dabla, D.A.G. Punjab, for the respondent – State. A.N.JINDAL, J (ORAL) This petition is directed against the judgment dated 01.03.2001 passed by Sessions Judge, Rupnagar, acquitting the accused- Navdeep Singh of the charges under Sections 302 and 404 of the Indian Penal Code. The State has not preferred any appeal. The case was registered on the statement of Kaka Singh (PW-6) wherein he disclosed that he had detected the dead body of Randhir Singh @ Rana, who was missing from his house since 21.08.1998. The allegations are that Randhir Singh @ Rana, after taking a sum of ` 80,000/- from his father had gone to Chandigarh along with Navdeep Singh for making some purchases. But he did Criminal Revision No.1210 of 2001 -2- .... not return. On enquiry from Navdeep Singh, he showed his ignorance. The case was registered and investigated. On trial, the accused was acquitted. Arguments heard. There is no direct evidence to connect the accused with the crime. However, the prosecution has relied upon the circumstantial evidence of last seen. Baljit Singh Rana, the main witness, who had allegedly last seen the deceased in the company of the accused, has not been examined as he had died. Though the revolver was recovered from the accused but no evidence could be led that the fire arm injury suffered by the deceased was the result of the revolver as recovered from the accused. Mere fact that the accused has a licence and was keeping a revolver in his possession, is hardly sufficient to connect him with the crime without any further evidence. Resultantly, this revision being devoid of merits, is dismissed. (A.N.JINDAL) JUDGE 09.12.2010 neetu