PIARA SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB — Crl.A. No. 778/2003

Summary: Crl.A. No. 778/2003 - Piara Singh v. State of Punjab The Supreme Court admitted Piara Singh's criminal appeals challenging his conviction under TADA and IPC provisions for extortion and dacoity. Following the same reasoning applied to his co-accused Sukhmander Singh in November 2001, the Court reduced Singh's sentence from ten years to five years in each case (total ten years) while maintaining conviction. Since Singh had already served approximately twelve years of imprisonment, the Court set aside the fine penalty citing poverty and hardship, and directed his immediate release from both cases. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.