IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No. 606-DBA of 2001 Date of Decision : 29.6.2010 State of Punjab ......Appellant Versus Charno alias Charan Kaur & another ......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLR MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Ms. Manjri Nehru Kaul, Addl. AG, Punjab, for the appellant-State. Mr. H.S. Dhandi, Advocate, for the respondents. NAWAB SINGH J. This is an appeal filed by the State against the judgment dated February 2nd, 2010 passed by Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, whereby, Charno alis Charan Kaur-respondent No.1 and Hardip Singh-respondent No.2 were convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'the IPC') and sentenced Charan Kaur to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- with default stipulation and awarded death sentence to Hardip Singh for causing murder of Bholi in case registered vide First Information Report No.124 dated November 2nd, 1997 Police Station Phillaur. 2. The respondents-accused were charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC on the accusation that on November 2nd, 1997 in the area of village Khera, they committed murder of Bholi and Ranjit Singh. The trial Court convicted and sentenced the respondents for causing the murder of Bholi as detailed in paragraph No.1 of this judgment but acquitted them for causing the murder of Ranjit Singh. Criminal Appeal No. 606-DBA of 2001 (2) 3. Murder reference as well as appeal filed by the respondents were decided by a Division Bench of this Court vide judgment dated April 30th, 2001 passed in Murder Reference No.1 of 2001 and Criminal Appeal No.81-DB of 2001, whereby, murder reference was declined and the appeal filed by Hardip Singh was dismissed but he was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.5000/- with default stipulation. Charan Kaur was acquitted. 4. The state has filed the present appeal subsequent to the said decision. Since the matter already stands adjudicated in all respects by this Court, the present appeal is not maintainable and it is dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE JUDGE 29.6.2010 SN