IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (215)

Date of decision: 10.11.2025 Rajesh alias Deshu .... Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Partap Singh, Advocate & Mr. Manav Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. T.P. Singh, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

The prayer in the present petition under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.

is for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.38 dated 28.01.2021 under Sections 302, 201 and 34 IPC (201/34 IPC added later on)

registered at Police Station Pundri, District Kaithal.

2. The present FIR came to be registered at the instance of Gurpreet Singh and reads as under:-

Statement of Gurpreet Singh S/o Sh. Harbhajan Singh, R/o Tyontha road, Habri, Aged 46 years, Mob. No. 9996083004. Stated that he is residents of above said address and Lamberdar of Village Habri. He is an agriculturist. He was going for morning walk today at about 6:30 a.m as a daily routine. When he was going form Tyontha- Habri road and reached near the fields of Swaran Singh S/o Ranga Singh, R/o Village Habri, then he found that a dead body of an unknown person, aged about 50 years & dressed as an Aseceitc-Fakir, was lying on the eastern side of road near the electric pole. Thereafter, he informed Joga Singh, Sarpanch village Tyontha and Palwinder Singh, Sarpanch of his village and called them on the spot. It appeared from the bruises on the body of unknown saint that someone had murdered him and threw the dead body at the spot. I have recorded my statement, read out and correct.

Sd/- Gurpreet Singh attested:Shamsher Singh, SI, P.S.

Pundri. Dt.28.01.2021

3. Thereafter, on 03.02.2021, the statement of Pardeep son of Suresh Kumar @ Sangampuri was recorded which reads as under:-

It is submitted that I Pardeep S/o Sh. Suresh Kumar @

Sangampuri, am resident of Shora Kothi, Khurana road, Gali No. 3. Kaithal. My father Suresh Kumar Sangampuri had became a saint from about 10-11 years ago and from about 20-25 days he was residing in the temple of village Jamba, P.S. Pundri. I have also visited 3-4 times to village Jamba to meet my father Suresh Kumar Sangampuri. On 28.01.2021 the dead body of my father was founf by the road side in the field of Habri, a case for committing the murder of my father was registered against unknown persons in the police Station Pundri. Now I have inquired in the village Jamba that Nafe Singh S/o Chatter Singh, Mahender S/o Nek Singh, Ved Pal S/o Neki Ram and Rajesh @ Deshu S/o Satpal, R/o Jamba killed my father Suresh Kumar @ Sangampuri in a well planned manner in Village temple at Jamba and then threw the dead body in the fields of village Habri. Action in accordance with law be taken against Nafe Singh S/o Chatter Singh, Mahender S/o Nek Singh, Ved Pal S/o Neki Ram and Rajesh @ Deshu S/o Satpal, R/o Jamba.

Applicant.

Pardeep S/o Suresh Kumar @ Sangampuri, R/o Shora Kothi, Khurana road, Gali No. 3, Kaithal.

Mob: 9034352444 Pundri. Dt. 03.02.2021.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case based on the disclosure statements and suspicion alone. Three co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Mahendr Singh, Nafe Singh and Ved Pal have been granted the concession of bail by this Court vide orders dated 07.03.2022, 28.04.2022 and 11.05.2022 (Annexure P-6 Colly.). As the petitioner is in custody since 29.05.2024 but only 03 out of the 38 prosecution witnesses have been examined so far, the Trial in the present case is not likely to be concluded anytime soon and therefore, he is entitled to the concession of bail.

5. The learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has filed a reply dated 07.11.2025 which is taken on record. While referring to the said reply, he contends that the petitioner and his co-accused assaulted the deceased leading to his death. Therefore, he is not entitled to the concession of bail. He, however, concedes that the ca