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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/15036/2026disposed of

Mannu Bedi v. State Of Punjab

2026-03-20Mr. Justice Aman Chaudhary2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-15036-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.03.2026 MANNU BEDI ... Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF PUNJAB ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY Present :

Mr. Ajay Pal Singh Rehan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manipal Singh Atwal, DAG, Punjab.

**** AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (Oral) 1.

Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 528 BNSS is for quashing the impugned order dated 31.01.2026, Annexure P2, passed by the ld. Judge, Special Court, Hoshiarpur, in FIR No.247 dated 03.08.2025, to the extent that while granting default bail to the petitioner very short time given to furnish bail/surety bonds.

2.

Learned counsel submits that the petitioner who applied for default bail, was granted the same by the Special Court, Hoshiarpur, vide order dated 31.01.2026, which was pronounced at 4.00 pm and reasonable time was not granted for furnishing the bail/surety bonds which was till 4.30 pm on the same very day. Reference in this regard is made to the order passed by the Co-ordinate Bench in Pushpa Rani vs. State of Punjab, CRM-M-3989-2026, decided on 30.01.2026, wherein also sufficient time was not granted and the petitioner therein was granted two weeks to furnish bail/surety bonds. He further relies on a petition i.e. CRM-M-50125-2023 titled as Mohammad Javed Ali vs. State of UT Chandigarh, filed on the similar ground, which was allowed vide order dated decided on 11.10.2023.

3.

Learned State counsel opposes the instant petition and submits that the petitioner has failed to furnish the bail/surety bonds within the stipulated period, thus, the impugned order was rightly passed. 4.

Heard.

ASHOK KUMAR 2026.03.20 18:42 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CRM-M-15036-2026 (O&M) -25.

As is apparent that sufficient time was not granted to the petitioner to furnish bail/surety bonds, in view of facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner is granted two weeks' time from today to do the needful to the satisfaction of the trial Court, in terms of the impugned order dated 31.01.2026. 6.

Disposed of accordingly.

(AMAN CHAUDHARY) 20.03.2026 JUDGE ashok Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes/No Whether reportable :

Yes/No ASHOK KUMAR 2026.03.20 18:42 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document