Punjab and Haryana High Court
CRM-M/1006/2026 of SANDEEP SINGH Vs STATE OF HARYANA on 8 July 2026
Petitioner no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer. 6. Per contra, learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail while stating that the wife of the petitioner duly stepped into the witness box and gave evidence against him. It has
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no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer.
6. Per contra, learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail while stating that the wife of the petitioner duly stepped into the witness box and gave evidence against him. It has been argued that if the petitioner is released on bail, he may try to influence and threaten the witnesses and may also abscond.
7. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties.
8. Concededly, the case is based upon circumstantial evidence. The petitioner is in custody for the last 02 years and 20 days, he having been arrested on 17.06.2024. Final report was submitted on 26.08.2024 and charges were framed on 27.11.2024. Out of a total of 20 witnesses, only 10 have been examined till now and the complainant has not supported the case of the prosecution. As to whether the petitioner was actually involved in the commission of the offence or not shall be determined at the stage of the trial.
Chandigarh
Since the same shall take a sufficiently long time, in the considered opinion of this Court, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer.
9. In view of the aforementioned facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate concerned. Rekha
Chandigarh