Surinder Singh Alias Chinda v. State Of Punjab

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 24.03.2026 Surinder Singh alias Chinda ....Petitioner

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State of Punjab

...Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY ***** Present :

Ms. Gaganpreet Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Karandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner

  

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 Notice served upon the official respondent through the State's counsel.

The Senior Most Investigator conducting the investigation in the FIR captioned above is to file/hand over the status report/instructions positively before the next date, failing which the concerned Superintendent of Police or an equivalent or higher Police Officer shall file/hand over their Reply/Response/Instructions/Status report by the extended date, and if it is still not filed, the concerned Inspector General of police shall have to file it.

The Reply/Response/Instructions/Status report shall also mention the following details under headings:

-2A. The evidence based on which the petitioner was arraigned as an accused.

B. The evidence against the petitioner.

C. The role of the petitioner.

D. In case of dismissal of this petition, would the police arrest the petitioner in this FIR, and do they need the accused's police custody?

E. Petitioner's criminal antecedents, except the FIRs in which petitioner was absolved, discharged, or acquitted. The petitioner's counsel, on instructions, states that, without conceding or admitting the offence, the petitioner be given another chance, and the petitioner undertakes to reform and not to repeat the offence.

The petitioner's counsel further submits that the arrest be stayed, and they would have no objection whatsoever to any stringent conditions that this Court may impose. Given the above, in the facts and circumstances peculiar to this case, in the meantime, the petitioner's arrest in the FIR captioned above shall remain stayed until further orders.

It is clarified that this order of stay of arrest shall not be considered as a blanket bail order in any other matter and is only limited to granting bail in the FIR mentioned above. It is clarified that the order of stay of arrest shall not be construed as an order of interim bail. This interim order is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall join investigation on 01.10.2025 or on any other date when the Investigator wants the petitioner to join the investigation. List on 15.10.2025. 6 ) 7   8   58

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 #89       #     8 (AMAN CHAUDHARY) JUDGE 24.03.2026 M.Kamra Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes / No Whether reportable :

Yes / No