State of Haryana Vs Ram Mehar — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

State of Haryana Vs Ram Mehar — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted and main appeal admitted; accused-respondent Ram Mehar directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months 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; Registry to communicate the order to the trial Court; liberty reserved to the respondent to file an application if pendency of the matter causes an adverse situation.

Issue for consideration

Whether leave to appeal should be granted to the State of Haryana against the judgment of acquittal dated 25.05.2022 concerning the private respondents/accused. +1 more

Court's answer

Leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 25.05.2022 was granted to the State.

Ratio / Principle

The main appeal was admitted.

Key takeaways

The accused-respondent is directed to execute a bond for attendance within two months, undertaking to appear in this Court in case the appeal is allowed.ratio¶13
The accused-respondent 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 bonds is deemed acceptance of all stipulations, terms and conditions of the order, and upon failure to furnish the bond the concerned Court shall proceed in accordance with law.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CRM-A-864-2022, State of Haryana v. Ram Mehar (order dated 18.02.2026; bench: Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.). The State of Haryana's application for leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 25.05.2022 — counsel for the State submitting there was sufficient evidence for conviction and no appreciation of evidence in the acquittal judgment — leave to appeal was granted and the main appeal admitted. The accused-respondent was 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 like amount to the satisfaction of the concerned Trial Court/Duty Magistrate; furnishing of the bonds deemed acceptance of all stipulations of the order; Registry directed to communicate the order to the trial Court without delay; liberty reserved to the respondent to file an application if pendency of the matter causes an adverse situation. Counsel: Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana, for the State; D.S. Virk, Advocate, for the respondent. No statute or precedent case is cited in the order.

231 CRM-A-864-2022 STATE OF HARYANA VS RAM MEHAR

Present: Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. D.S. Virk, Advocate for the respondent.

CRM-A-864-2022

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 25.05.2022.

Counsel appearing for the respondent oppose the prayer.

Leave to appeal granted.

Registry to assign number to appeal.

Main appeal

Heard.

Admi�ed.

The accused - respondent 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 - respondent 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 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.

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

SANGEETA 2026.02.19 09:55 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CRM-A-864-2022

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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.

It is clarified that, in case, the respondent feels and adverse situa�on because

of the pendency of the present ma�er, liberty is reserved to file an applica�on.

(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE

(SUKHVINDER KAUR) February 18, 2026 JUDGE Sangeeta

SANGEETA 2026.02.19 09:55 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document