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Jogender v. State of Haryana and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC3 Dec 2025CRM-A/716/2020

Case brief

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What is this about?

Condonation of delay 217 days; leave to appeal against acquittal dated 12.04.2019; CRM-A Punjab and Haryana High Court; main appeal admitted; bond for attendance within two months pending appeal; personal bond Rs. 25,000 and one surety Rs. 25,000 to Trial Court/Duty Magistrate; furnishing of bonds deemed acceptance of bail-order stipulations; pendency of appeal inconsequential qua private respondents; Jogender v. State of Haryana; Anoop Chitkara J.; Sukhvinder Kaur J.

What did the court decide?

Delay of 217 days in filing the appeal condoned; leave to appeal granted against the acquittal dated 12.04.2019; main appeal admitted; accused-respondents directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months and furnish a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 with one surety of Rs. 25,000 to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Duty Magistrate.

Jogender Vs State of Haryana and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the delay of 217 days in filing the accompanying appeal should be condoned. +2 more

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Court's answer

The application for condonation of delay is allowed; the delay of 217 days in filing the accompanying appeal is condoned.

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Ratio / Principle

Leave to appeal is granted against the judgment of acquittal dated 12.04.2019; the Registry is to assign a number to the appeal.

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Key takeaways

The main appeal is admitted.ratio¶18
The accused-respondents are to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear before this Court in case the appeal is allowed.ratio¶19-20
The accused-respondents shall furnish a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 with one surety of Rs. 25,000 to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate; furnishing of the personal bonds is deemed acceptance of all stipulations, terms and conditions of the order.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Jogender v. State of Haryana and others, CRM-12997-2020 in/& CRM-A-716-2020 (decided 03.12.2025 by Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.): Delay of 217 days in filing an appeal against a judgment of acquittal dated 12.04.2019 condoned; leave to appeal granted and the main appeal admitted. The accused-respondents are directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear before the Court if the appeal is allowed, and to furnish a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 with one surety of Rs. 25,000 to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate; furnishing of the bonds is deemed acceptance of all stipulations, terms and conditions of the order. The Registry is to communicate the order to the trial Court, and on failure to furnish bond the concerned Court is to proceed in accordance with law. Pendency of the appeal is clarified to be inconsequential qua the private respondents; no certified copy of the order is required for furnishing bonds, an attested downloaded copy from the Court's official web page sufficing.

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220 CRM-12997-2020 in/& CRM-A-716-2020

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JOGENDER V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

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Present: Mr. Anurag Arora, Advocate for the applicant-appellant.

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Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana.

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Mr. Ajay Kumar Gupta, Advocate for respondent Nos.2, 3 and 4.

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CRM-12997-2020

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Present application has been filed for condonation of delay of 217 days in filing the accompanying appeal.

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For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. Delay of 217 days in filing the accompanying appeal, is

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condoned.

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CRM-A-716-2020

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Learned counsel for the applicant submits that they have a very good case on merit and there is sufficient evidence on record which is sufficient for conviction of respondents. There is no appreciation of evidence in judgment of acquittal dated 12.04.2019.

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Counsel appearing for the respondents submits that the judgment of acquittal is well reasoned.

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Leave to appeal granted.

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Registry to assign number to appeal.

Main appeal

Heard.

Admitted.

The accused-respondents, to execute a bond for attendance within

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two months, undertaking to appear in this Court, in case appeal is allowed.

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JYOTI 2025.12.04 11:00 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CRM-A-716-2020

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Given above, the accused-respondents shall furnish a personal bond of Rs. Twenty five Thousand only (INR 25,000/-), and furnishing one surety for Rs. Twenty five thousand only (INR 25,000/-), to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate. Before accepting the sureties, the concerned Court must satisfy that if the accused fails to appear in Court, then such surety is capable of producing the accused before the Court.

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The furnishing of the personal bonds shall be deemed acceptance of the all stipulations, terms, and conditions of this bail order.

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Registry to communicate this order to the trial Court without any delay. In case of failure of respondents to furnish bond, the concerned Court shall proceed further in accordance with law.

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There would be no need for a certified copy of this order for furnishing bonds, and any Advocate for the accused can download this order along with case status from the official web page of this Court and attest it to be a true copy. In case the attesting officer wants to verify the authenticity, such an officer can also verify its authenticity and may download and use the downloaded copy for attesting bonds.

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I t is clarified that pendency of present appeal shall be inconsequential qua the private respondents.

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(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE

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(SUKHVINDER KAUR) JUDGE

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03.12.2025

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JYOTI 2025.12.04 11:00 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document