IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Deepak Gupta
Sukhwant Singh Dhillon @ Sandeep Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. recapitulated facts leading to bail consideration. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. assessing the necessity of custodial interrogation. (Para 4) |
| 3. decision to grant interim bail based on cooperating with investigations. (Para 5) |
JUDGMENT :
Deepak Gupta, J.(Oral) -
On 18.09.2024, following order was passed by this Court in respect of both the petitioners:
"These petition(s) are filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No. 23 dated 22.05.2024 under Sections 341, 323, 148, 149 IPC and Sections 25, 27 of Arms Act ( Section 307 IPC added later on vide DDR No. 22 dated 06.06.2024) registered at Police Station Nandgarh, District Bathinda.
Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) inter-alia submits that as per allegations petitioner Sukhwant Singh Dhillon @ Sandeep Singh armed with Dang and was part of the unlawful assembly but no specific injury has been attributed to the petitioner. As per allegation, petitioner- Harjot Singh was sitting in his vento car at the time of occurrence. He has further submitted that co-accused Vija Singh @ Vijay Singh has already been granted interim bail by this Court.
Notice of motion.
Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab appears and accepts no
The court affirmed that custodial interrogation is not a valid reason to deny bail if petitioners have cooperated with the investigation.
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