State of Punjab Vs Jagdeep Singh Alias Deep and Another — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

State of Punjab Vs Jagdeep Singh Alias Deep and Another — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted and main appeal admitted; accused (private respondents No. 2 & 3) to execute bonds for attendance within two months with an undertaking to appear before this Court if the appeal is allowed, furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 each with one surety of Rs. 25,000 each; Registry to communicate the order to the trial Court.

Issue for consideration

Whether leave to appeal should be granted to the State of Punjab against the judgment of acquittal dated 03.12.2020.

Court's answer

Leave to appeal was granted to the State of Punjab against the judgment of acquittal dated 03.12.2020.

Ratio / Principle

The main appeal was admitted.

Key takeaways

The accused, i.e. private respondents No. 2 & 3, were directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear before this Court in case the appeal is allowed, and to furnish a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 each with one surety of Rs. 25,000 each to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate.ratio¶14
The Registry was directed to communicate the order to the trial Court without delay, and on failure of private respondents No. 2 & 3 to furnish bond, the concerned Court is to proceed further in accordance with law.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal miscellaneous application (CRM-A-67-2022) by the State of Punjab for leave to appeal against a judgment of acquittal dated 03.12.2020: counsel for the State urged that there was sufficient evidence on record for conviction of the private respondents and no appreciation of evidence in the acquittal judgment, while counsel for the private respondents opposed the prayer. The Court granted leave to appeal and admitted the main appeal, directing the accused (private respondents No. 2 & 3) to execute bonds 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 each with one surety of Rs. 25,000 each to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate. The Registry was directed to assign a number to the appeal and to communicate the order to the trial Court; on failure to furnish bond, the concerned Court to proceed in accordance with law. Coram: Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ. Order dated 18.02.2026.

230 CRM-A-67-2022 STATE OF PUNJAB VS JAGDEEP SINGH ALIAS DEEP AND ANOTHER

Present: Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Yashpal Thakur, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Manuj Nagrath, Advocate for respondent No.2.

CRM-A-67-2022

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 convic�on of the private respondents. There is no apprecia�on of evidence in judgment of acqui�al dated 03.12.2020.

Counsel appearing for the private respondents oppose the prayer.

Leave to appeal granted.

Registry to assign number to appeal.

Main appeal

Heard.

Admi�ed.

The accused i.e. private respondents No. 2 & 3 to execute a bond for a�endance within two months, undertaking to appear in this Court, in case appeal is allowed.

Given above, the accused i.e. private respondents No. 2 & 3 shall furnish a personal bond of Rs. Twenty Five Thousand only (INR 25,000/-) each, and furnishing one surety for Rs. Twenty Five thousand only (INR 25,000/-) each, to the sa�sfac�on of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate. Before accep�ng the sure�es, the concerned Court must sa�sfy that if the accused fails to appear in Court, then such surety is capable of producing them before the Court.

The furnishing of the personal bonds shall be deemed acceptance of the all s�pula�ons, terms, and condi�ons of this order.

SANGEETA 2026.02.19 09:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CRM-A-67-2022

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Registry to communicate this order to the trial Court without any delay. In case of failure of private respondents No. 2 & 3 to furnish bond, the concerned Court shall proceed further in accordance with law.

There would be no need for a cer�fied 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 a�est it to be a true copy. In case the a�es�ng officer wants to verify the authen�city, such an officer can also verify its authen�city and may download and use the downloaded copy for a�es�ng bonds.

(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE

February 18, 2026 Sangeeta

(SUKHVINDER KAUR) JUDGE

SANGEETA 2026.02.19 09:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document