PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
RAJESH BHARDWAJ
Gurjashanpreet Singh @ Gurjasan Jeet Singh @ Chini – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.
Present petition has been filed praying for quashing of impugned order dated 21.04.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar whereby the bail of the petitioner is cancelled and his bail bonds are forfeited in FIR No.159, dated 26.12.2018, under Sections 307, 148, 149 of IPC, 1860 and Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959 (offence under Sections 353, 186 of IPC and Sections 54, 59 of Arms Act added later on), registered at Police Station Maqbool Pura, District Police Commissionerate Amritsar, Amritsar (Annexure P-2). Further prayer has been made for staying the operation of impugned order dated 21.04.2025 (Annexure P-1) during the pendency of the present petition.
2. Precise submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner was prosecuted in the case bearing FIR No.159, dated 26.12.2018, under Sections 307, 148, 149 of IPC, 1860 and Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959 (offence under Sections 353, 186 of IPC and Sections 54, 59 of Arms Act added later on). He has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present FIR. After registration of the FIR, the petitioner was granted the concessio
The court emphasized the importance of securing the accused's presence and expediting trial in setting aside the impugned order and imposing conditions for bail.
The cancellation of bail requires justifiable grounds, and mere absence from proceedings does not suffice for punitive measures.
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