State of Haryana Vs Arjun Singh and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

State of Haryana Vs Arjun Singh and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted and main appeal admitted; accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6 to execute an attendance bond within two months and 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; no adverse inference to be drawn against the private respondents.

Issue for consideration

Whether leave to appeal should be granted to the State of Haryana against the judgment of acquittal dated 24.02.2021, having regard to the sufficiency of evidence for conviction of the respondents.

Court's answer

Leave to appeal was granted to the State of Haryana against the judgment of acquittal dated 24.02.2021.

Ratio / Principle

The main appeal was admitted after hearing.

Key takeaways

The accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6 were directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear before this Court in case the appeal is allowed.ratio¶17
The accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6 were directed to furnish a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 and one surety of Rs. 25,000 to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate, the Court accepting the sureties being satisfied that the surety is capable of producing the accused if he fails to appear.ratio¶18
Furnishing of the personal bonds is deemed acceptance of the stipulations, terms and conditions of the order (sentence continues into paragraph 20).

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRM-A-415-2021 (decided 09.04.2026 by Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.): The State of Haryana sought leave to appeal against a judgment of acquittal dated 24.02.2021, its counsel asserting a strong case on merits with sufficient evidence for conviction and absence of appreciation of evidence in the acquittal judgment, while counsel for the private respondents maintained the acquittal was well reasoned. The Court granted leave to appeal, admitted the main appeal, and directed accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6 to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear 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, the surety being capable of producing the accused in case of non-appearance. Furnishing of the bonds was deemed acceptance of the order's terms; on failure to furnish the bond the concerned Court is to proceed in accordance with law; no adverse inference is to be drawn against the private respondents; and no certified copy of the order is required for furnishing bonds, a downloaded and attested copy sufficing.

218 CRM-A-415-2021

STATE OF HARYANA V/S ARJUN SINGH AND OTHERS

Present: Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. Mohit Thakur, Advocate for Mr. Vineet K. Jakhar, Advocate for respondent Nos.2, 3 and 5.

Mr. Lalit Pardhan, Advocate for respondent No.4.

CRM-A-415-2021

Counsel for the State 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 24.02.2021.

Counsel appearing for private respondents submits that the judgment of

acquittal is well reasoned.

Leave to appeal granted.

Registry to assign number to appeal.

Main appeal

Heard.

Admitted.

The accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6, to execute a bond for attendance

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

Given above, the accused-respondent Nos.2 to 6 shall furnish a personal bond of Rs. Twenty five Thousand only (INR 25,000/-), and furnish 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.

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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CRM-A-415-2021

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Registry to communicate this order to the trial Court without any delay. In case of failure of respondent Nos.2 to 6 to furnish bond, the concerned Court shall proceed further in accordance with law.

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.

It is clarified that no adverse inference shall be drawn against the private

respondents.

(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE (SUKHVINDER KAUR) JUDGE 09.04.2026 jyoti3

JYOTI 2026.04.10 15:14 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document