Ravinder v. State Of Haryana
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
Reserved on: 01.10.2025
Pronounced on: 29.10.2025 Ravinder
...Petitioner
Versus
State of Haryana
...Respondent
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA
Present:
Mrs. Vasundhra Sija Bhandari, Advocate and Mr. Mrinal Dewan, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Atul Gaur, A.A.G., Haryana.
**** ANOOP CHITKARA, J.
FIR No.
Dated Police Station Sections 26.08.2024 City Dadri, District 120-B, 420, 467, 468, 471 Charkhi Dadri IPC 1.
The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above had come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail.
2.
Per paragraph 9 of the bail application and 13 of the status report, the petitioner has the following criminal antecedents:
Sr. No.
FIR No.
Date Offenses Police Station 04.11.2023 201/202/302/34 IPC and Section 25 of Arms Act Bawani Khera 3.
The facts and allegations are being taken from the status report filed by the State, which reads as follows:
"2. That brief facts in the matter are that a case FIR No. 213 dated 26.08.2024 under sections 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC PS City Dadri was registered on the complaint of Pinki daughter of Hoshiar Singh resident of village Kheri Batter district Charkhi Dadri stating interalia therein that they have land inside Lal Dora in village Kheri Batter and she and her mother Sunita are co-sharer of the same. Her father Hoshiar Singh has expired on 22.12.2021. That land measuring 10 Kanal and house of her dead father was sold by petitioner/accused Komal and her husband Ravinder @ Mohit (Present Petitioner) through two sale-deeds dated 19.09.2023 and 26.02.2024 for which
payment of Rs. 3,80,000/ was received through cheque dated 05.02.2024 from one Sharmila wife of Satyawan for 2 Kanal 1.82 Marla tand and land measuring 7 Kanal 19 Marla was sold to Parmila, Sarpanch of the village, for which payment was received through cheque dated 18.09.2023, in this regard accused Komal stood as attesting-witness in release-deed No.6449 dated 5.2.2024 executed in favour of petitioner/accused Ravinder to succeed the ownership exclusively from her father-in-law Hoshiyar Singh, who had died on 22.12.2021 leaving behind widow Sunita @ Guddi, daughter Pinki (complainants) and accused/petitioner Ravinder as son. The complainant further stated that her deceased father Hoshiyar Singh was fraudulently and deceitfully shown as alive to cheat the complainant and her mother and entire agriculture land and residential house running in the name of deceased Hoshiyar Singh were fraudulently usurped and were sold subsequently to some third persons by accused Komal and her husband Ravinder (Present Petitoner)."
4.
The petitioner's counsel prays for bail by imposing any stringent conditions and contends that further pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and their family. He further seeks bail on the grounds of parity with co-accused Komal- wife of the petitioner who has already been granted bail by this Court. 5.
The petitioner's counsel submits that the petitioner would have no objection whatsoever to any stringent conditions that this Court may impose, including that if the petitioner repeats the offense or commits any non-bailable offense which provides for a sentence of imprisonment for more than seven years, the State may file an application to revoke this bail before the concerned Court having jurisdiction over this FIR, which shall have the authority to cancel this bail, and may do so at their discretion, to which the petitioner shall have no objection.
6.
The State's counsel opposes bail and refers to the status report. 7.
It would be appropriate to refer to the following portions of the status report, which read as follows:
"ROLE OF THE PETITIONER
9. That role of the petitioner is that accused/petitioner Ravinder in collusion with co-accused Raj Kumar @ Solanki, despite having knowledge that his father Hoshiar Singh has already expired two years back i.e. on 22.11.2021, participated in the sinister deal and got the land transferred in his name by way of 03 transfer deeds wherein Raj Kumar was impersonating himself as Hoshiyar Singh at the time of execution of these transfer-deeds. Co-accused is still in custody." 8.
There is sufficient primafacie evidence connecting the petitioner with the alleged crime. However, pre-trial incarceration should not be a replica of post-conviction sentencing. Per paragraph 2 of the bail petition, the petitioner has been in custody since
13.02.2025. Per the custody certificate dated 30.09.2025, the petitioner's total custody in this FIR is 07 months and 17 days. Given the penal provisions invoked viz-a-viz pre-trial custody, coupled with the primafacie analysis of the nature of allegations, and the other factors peculiar to this case, there would be no justifiability for further pre-trial incarceration at this stage.
9.
Without commenting on the case's merits, in the facts and circumstances peculiar to this case, and for the reasons mentioned above, the petitioner makes a case for bail. This order shall come into force from the time it is uploaded on this Court's official webpage.
10.
Given above, provided the petitioner is not required in any other case, the petitioner shall be released on bail in the FIR captioned above subject to furnishing bonds to the satisfaction of the concerned Court and due to unavailability before any nearest Ilaqa Magistrate/duty Magistrate. Before accepting the surety, the concerned Court must be satisfied that if the accused fails to appear, such surety can produce the accused. 11.
While furnishing a personal bond, the petitioner shall mention the following personal identification details:
1.
AADHAR number 2.
Passport number (If available) and when the attesting officer/court considers it appropriate or considers the accused a flight risk.
3.
Mobile number (If available) 4.
E-Mail id (If available) 12.
This order is subject to the petitioner's complying with the following terms. 13.
The petitioner shall abide by all statutory bond conditions and appear before the concerned Court(s) on all dates. The petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence, influence, browbeat, pressurize, induce, threaten, or promise, directly or indirectly, any witnesses, Police officials, or any other person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case, or dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Police or the Court.
14.
The significant consideration for granting bail is that the Court aims to give the petitioner another chance to course-correct, reform, and reintegrate into the community as an ideal citizen. To ensure that the petitioner also abides by the assurance made on the petitioner's behalf by not repeating the offence or indulging in any crime, it shall be desirable to impose the following additional condition. 15.
This bail is conditional, with the foundational condition being that if the petitioner repeats the offense or commits any non-bailable offense which provides for a sentence of imprisonment for more than seven years, the State shall file an application
to revoke this bail before the concerned Court having jurisdiction over this FIR, which shall have the authority to cancel this bail, and as per their discretion, they may cancel this bail.
16.
Any observation made hereinabove is neither an expression of opinion on the case's merits nor shall the trial Court advert to these comments. 17.
A certified copy of this order would not be needed for furnishing bonds, and any Advocate for the Petitioner can download this order along with case status from the official web page of this Court and attest it to be a true copy. If the attesting officer wants to verify its authenticity, such an officer can also verify its authenticity and may download and use the downloaded copy for attesting bonds. 18.
Petition allowed in terms mentioned above. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.
(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE 29.10.2025 Jyoti Sharma Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes Whether reportable:
No.