IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 297-MA of 2009 Dated of Decision:- August 06, 2009 Seebo Versus Umardin and others. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHTAB S.GILL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present:- Sh. G.S.Verma, Advocate for the appellant. ------ MEHTAB S.GILL, J. This is an appeal filed by Seebo wife of Mashkin Shah alias Sadiq Shah against the order dated 17.3.2009 of the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Moga, whereby the learned judge acquitted the respondents. Learned counsel for the appellant has argued, that the respondents started abusing the complainant. She was caught hold by her hair and given 4/5 slaps. The daughter of the complainant came forward to save her, but Harpal singh caught hold of her daughter and threw her on a cot with bad intention. Ranjit Singh, who came there, saved them. Respondents thereafter demolished the wall of the dera. They took away six wooden planks (satiris) and 100 small wooden planks (balas). They also damaged the fodder crop, which was sown in two kanals of the land and also took away 70 bundles of wheat straw. 2 Criminal Misc. No. 297-MA of 2009 We have heard the learned counsel for the appellant and perused the impugned judgment. Seebo PW1 and Ranjit Singh PW2 have come into the witness box. The discrepancies and contradictions in their statements are so glaring, which go to the root of the case. Seebo PW1 has stated, that 3/4 workers (Sevadars) were present in the Dera, when the occurrence had taken place, while Ranjit Singh PW2 has stated, that there were 15/18 persons in the Dera. Seebo PW1 has stated that the occurrence carried on for 3/4 hours, while Ranjit Singh PW2 has stated that the occurrence took place for 5/7 minutes only. FIR No.31, dated 24.4.2001 was recorded by Sadiq Shah, husband of the complainant, regarding the same occurrence. The learned trial Court vide its judgment Ex.D1 had rejected the case of the prosecution and acquitted the respondents by stating that the version put forward by Sadiq Shah was false. We do not find any infirmity in the judgment of the learned trial Court. Dismissed. (MEHTAB S.GILL) JUDGE (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) August 06, 2009 JUDGE SKArora 3 Criminal Misc. No. 297-MA of 2009