Jagtar Singh v. State Of Haryana
CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 Date of decision : 6.5.2026 Date of uploading : 6.5.2026 Jagtar Singh .............Petitioner
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State of Haryana .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Robin Dutt, Advocate and Mr. Kartar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1.
Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 483 of BNSS 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR no. 251 dated 18-10-2025 registered under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 115(2), 117(2), 126, 140(3), 140(4), 331(7), 333, 351(2) of BNS, 2023, at Police Station Kalanwali, Police District Dabwali, District Sirsa. 2.
The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out by the petitioner in the present petition) is as follows:- 'Statement of Vakil Singh son of Nachhatar Singh resident of Dhani, Village Deshmulkana, District Sirsa aged about 55 years. Mob: 8053342315. Stated that I am a resident of the above address and do farming. The fields of my family member Lovepreet Singh son of Jagtar Singh alias Jagga resident of village Deshumalkana adjoins my fields. When Lovepreet Singh comes to his farm in the evening then after consuming
CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 -2liquor, he throws the empty glass bottles in my field. I reprimanded Lovepreet Singh and his father Jagtar Singh alias Jagga several times about throwing the empty bottles but they started abusing me and keeping a grudge for this, today i.e. 18.10.2025, when I was sleeping inside the boundary wall of my house in the Dhani and my wife Pramjeet Kaur and my mother were sleeping in the room inside the house of my Dhani, at around 1:00 AM, Lovepreet Singh son of Jagtar Singh alias Jagga Singh, Jagtar Singh alias Jagga son of Surjeet Singh alongwith 4/5 other persons whose names I do not know came outside my house/Dhani in a tractor trolley and started knocking on the gate of my house/Dhani, I opened the gate, Lovepreet Singh was holding an iron rod in his hand.
Jagtar Singh alias Jagga and 4/5 others were holding wooden sticks in their hands. All of them entered my house and started beating me. I raised a noise of Maar Diya Maar Diya then they picked me up and put me inside the tractor trolley and Lovepreet Singh drove the tractor trolley to his fields. Then all of them threw me down from the trolley and started beating me with iron rods and sticks. Jagtar Singh alias Jagga and 4/5 others held me down. Lovepreet Singh hit the iron rod in his hand directly on the calf of my right leg and then twisted my leg by putting the rod in it and Jagtar Singh alias Jagga hit my left hand with the stick in his hand. I kept shouting but no one listened to me.
Then all of them together put me in a trolley and thrown me at the gate outside my Dhani/house and threatened to kill me, all of them fled in the tractor trolley with their respective weapons. I shouted loudly "Maar diya maar diya", then my wife Pramjeet Kaur came running out and I told the whole story of the incident to my wife Pramjeet Kaur. My wife called Sarvjeet Singh son of Kulwant Singh, resident of village Deshumalkana of my own village, who came and arranged for the treatment and got me admitted to the Government Hospital Kalanwali for treatment. The doctor of Government Hospital Kalanwali gave first aid to me and referred me to the Government Hospital Sirsa. Instead of going to Government Hospital Sirsa, Sarvjeet Singh got me admitted to City Health Care and Neuro Research Centre Sirsa.
Lovepreet Singh, Jagtar Singh alias Jagga, residents of Deshumalkana, and four or five other individuals assaulted me without reason with iron rods and sticks. Strict legal action should be taken against all of them. I have got written my statement in presence of Sarvjeet Singh son of Kulwant Singh resident of Deshumalkana which is heard and is correct. Sd/- Sarvjeet Singh.'
CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 -33. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is in custody since 12.12.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in question on account of a neighbourhood/property dispute. Learned counsel has further submitted that the injured/eye witness stands discharged from the hospital long ago. He has further submitted that the petitioner has suffered incarceration for more than 4 months and is not involved in any other case. Thus, regular bail is prayed for. 4.
Learned State counsel has filed status report by way of affidavit of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kalanwali, District Sirsa, in CRM-M No.13142 of 2026, which is already on record. Learned State counsel while raising submissions in tandem with the said status report has opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner by arguing that the allegations raised are serious in nature and, thus, the petitioner does not deserve the concession of regular bail. Learned State counsel seeks to place on record custody certificate dated 4.5.2026 in Court, which is taken on record. 5.
I have heard counsel for the parties and have gone through the available records of the case.
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The petitioner was arrested on 12.12.2025 whereinafter investigation was carried out and challan was presented on 21.1.2026. The charges were framed in the present case on 1.5.2025. Total 18 prosecution witnesses have been cited and it is the conceded position before this Court that none has been examined till date. It is also not in dispute that the victim/injured stands discharged from the hospital, after medical
CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 -4treatment. The rival contentions of the learned counsel for the parties; as to the whether the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR, shall be gone into during the course of trial. This Court does not deem it appropriate to delve deep into these rival contentions, at this stage lest it may prejudice the rights of either of the parties. Nothing tangible has been brought forward to indicate the likelihood of the petitioner absconding from the process of justice or interfering with the remaining prosecution evidence.
6.1 As per the custody certificate dated 4.5.2026 filed by the learned State counsel, the petitioner has suffered incarceration for 4 months and 18 days & is not shown to be involved in any other FIR/case. Suffice to say, further detention of the petitioner as an undertrial is not warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case. 7.
In view of above, the present petition is allowed. Petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the Ld. concerned trial Court/Duty Magistrate. However, in addition to conditions that may be imposed by the concerned trial Court/Duty Magistrate, the petitioner shall remain bound by the following conditions:
(i) The petitioner shall not mis-use the liberty granted. (ii) The petitioner shall not tamper with any evidence, oral or documentary, during the trial.
(iii) The petitioner shall not absent himself on any date before the trial.
(iv) The petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail.
(v) The petitioner shall deposit his passport, if any, with the trial Court.
(vi) The petitioner shall give his cellphone number to the
CRM-M No.22218 of 2026 -5Investigating Officer/SHO of concerned Police Station and shall not change his cell-phone number without prior permission of the trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate. (vii) The petitioner shall not in any manner try to delay the trial.
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In case of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions and those which may be imposed by concerned trial Court/Duty Magistrate as directed hereinabove or upon showing any other sufficient cause, the State/complainant shall be at liberty to move cancellation of bail of the petitioner.
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Ordered accordingly.
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Nothing said hereinabove shall be construed as an expression of opinion on the merits of the case.
(SUMEET GOEL) JUDGE 6.5.2026 Ashwani Whether speaking/reasoned:
Yes/No Whether reportable:
Yes/No