Appeal against penalty imposed on appellant as surety. Court allowed appeal partly, reducing penalty from Rs 50,000 to Rs 25,000 based on accused's surrender and prior deposit.
The appeal was partly allowed; the penalty imposed on the appellant was reduced to `25,000/-.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CRA No.S-1366-SB of 2017 (O&M) Date of Decision:- August 03, 2017
Devi Dutt Tyagi
...Appellant
VERSUS
State of Haryana
...Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJIT SINGH
Present: Mr.R.S.Bhudwar, Advocate for the appellant.
Mr.Parveen Aggarwal, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State.
INDERJIT SINGH, J.
The present appeal has been filed by the appellant against State of Punjab, challenging the order dated 09.09.2016 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, vide which a sum of `50,000/- has been imposed as penalty upon the appellant being surety of the accused.
Notice of motion was issued. Learned State counsel appeared and contested the appeal.
I have heard learned counsel for the appellant as well as learned State counsel and have gone through the record.
At the time of arguments, learned counsel for the appellant only prayed for reduction of amount of penalty imposed upon the appellant. He further contended that the accused has already surrendered before the trial
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Court and case has already been decided by the trial Court.
In view of the above facts and circumstances, the penalty imposed upon the appellant is reduced and he is directed to pay penalty of 25,000/- instead of 50,000/-. As argued, in compliance of the order dated 06.04.2017 passed by this Court, `25,000/- has already been deposited by the appellant and order dated 21.07.2017, in this regard, passed by learned Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, has been placed on record.
Resultantly, present appeal stands partly allowed.
August 03, 2017 (INDERJIT SINGH) Vgulati JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes Whether reportable No
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the penalty imposed on the appellant as surety can be reduced.
Devi Dutt Tyagi
State of Haryana
Inderjit Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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