Ajaib Singh vs The State Of Haryana on 16 April, 2025

Supreme Court – Daily Orders

Ajaib Singh vs The State Of Haryana on 16 April, 2025

Bench: Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta

     ITEM NO.14                             COURT NO.3                SECTION II-B

                                  S U P R E M E C O U R T O F     I N D I A
                                          RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

     Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).2514/2025

     [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 23-01-2025
     in CRMM No.3807/2025 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana
     at Chandigarh]

     AJAIB SINGH                                                       Petitioner(s)

                                                   VERSUS

     THE STATE OF HARYANA                                              Respondent(s)

     (IA No.69024/2025 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

     Date : 16-04-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
                            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA
                            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN

     For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Sr. Adv.
                        Mr. Gauravjit Singh Patwalia, Adv.
                        Mr. Amit Verma, AOR

     For Respondent(s) :Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR
                        Mr. Raj Singh Rana, Adv.
                        Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv.
                        Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv.
                        Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv.
                        Ms. Kanika, Adv.
                        Mr. Makrand Pratap Singh, Adv.

                                      Mr. Himanshu Sharma, AOR
                                      Mr. Mayank Gupta, Adv.
                                      Mr. Darshan Singh, Adv.
                                      Mr. Didar Singh, Adv.
                                      Mr. Anmal Dutt Sharma, Adv.
                                      Mr. Sandeep, Adv.
                                      Mr. Arun Kumar, Adv.
                                      Mr. Lokesh Solanki, Adv.
                                      Mr. Varun Sharma, Adv.
                                      Ms. Kamlesh, Adv.
Signature Not Verified
                             UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
Digitally signed by
ARJUN BISHT
Date: 2025.04.17
                                                O R D E R

17:10:50 IST
Reason:

1. The prayer in this petition is for grant of anticipatory bail

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in FIR No.837 dated 13.12.2024, under Sections 196, 34, 420 and 465

of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short, the “IPC”) in which

Sections 467, 468 and 471 of IPC have also been added later on. The

FIR was registered at Police Station Rania, District Sirsa. The

allegations pertain to the production of an alleged forged RTI

reply in a civil suit filed by the mother of the petitioner. That

RTI document was merely ‘marked’ and was not ‘exhibited’ in the

civil suit. Since the marked document was allegedly not a part of

the evidence, it is stated that no reliance was placed by the Civil

Court on that document while decreeing the suit.

2. The complainant, who is the defendant and has suffered the

decree in the suit, got the subject FIR lodged, inter alia,

alleging that the document was forged in collusion and connivance

with the then – Moharrir Head Constable – Record-keeper of the

Police Station Rania.

3. The petitioner, apprehending his arrest, applied for pre-

arrest bail, which was declined by the Additional Sessions Judge as

well as by the High Court vide the impugned judgment.

4. When the matter came up for hearing before this Court on

18.02.2025, notice was issued and the petitioner was protected from

arrest till further orders.

5. Learned State counsel submits that in compliance with the

above-stated order, the petitioner has joined the investigation,

though he has not cooperated with the same as the alleged forged

document was not produced.

6. We have heard learned senior counsel/counsel for the parties,

including learned counsel for the complainant.

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7. Having regard to the nature of allegations and the pending

civil litigation between the parties, we are satisfied that the

petitioner deserves protection against arrest. Consequently, the

instant petition is allowed and the interim order dated 18.02.2025

is made absolute during the pendency of the trial proceedings.

8. All pending applications, if any, including the application

for intervention, also stand disposed of.

(ARJUN BISHT)                                   (PREETHI T.C.)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS                        ASSISTANT REGISTRAR




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