Hardev Singh Sandhu Etc vs The State Of Punjab on 14 July, 2025

Supreme Court – Daily Orders

Hardev Singh Sandhu Etc vs The State Of Punjab on 14 July, 2025

Bench: Sudhanshu Dhulia, Aravind Kumar

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     ITEM NO.16                              COURT NO.8                    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.) Nos.4593-4594/2025

     [Arising out of impugned final judgment and orders dated 10-03-2025
     in CRMM No. 33852/2024 (O&M) & CRMM No. 34374/2024 (O&M) passed by
     the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh]

     HARDEV SINGH SANDHU ETC.                                               Petitioner(s)

                                                       VERSUS

     THE STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR.                                             Respondent(s)

(IA No. 77883/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF I/JUDGMENT)

Date : 14-07-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr.Adv.

Mr. L. N. Rao, Adv.

Mr. Aryan Rajpal, Adv.

Ms. Kumari Rashmi Rani, Adv.

Ms. Rashi Jaiswal, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Vineet Bhagat, AOR
Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Sidhu, Adv.

Mrs. Manju Bhagat, Adv.

Mrs. Archna Midha, Adv.

Mr. Aksveer Singh Saggu, Adv.

Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR
Ms. Niharika Tanwar, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by
Nirmala Negi
Date: 2025.07.14 O R D E R
17:52:53 IST
Reason:

The petitioners are accused in a case bearing FIR

No.55/2024 registered at Police Station Women Cell, District
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SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, for the offences punishable under

Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 498A, 506 & 120-B of

the Indian Penal Code. Their anticipatory bail applications

were dismissed by the High Court under the orders impugned.

Being aggrieved, they approached this Court and vide order

dated 07.04.2025, this Court while issuing notice, granted

interim protection to the petitioners.

Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioners, the

respondents-State and the respondent-complainant. We have been

informed that petitioner no.1 is of 87 years of age and

petitioner no.2, who is the daughter of the petitioner no.1,

is of 65 years of age.

Having regard to the nature of the case, we are of the

view that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is not

required. Consequently, we allow the prayer(s) of the

petitioners and make the order dated 07.04.2025 as absolute.

Accordingly, in the event of arrest the petitioners are

directed to be released on bail forthwith on the usual terms

and conditions to be decided by the concerned Court.

Since an apprehension has been raised by the learned

counsel for the respondent(s) that there might be a flight

risk since the petitioner no.2 is a Canadian citizen, we

direct that the Investigating Officer shall secure the

passport of the petitioner no.2 and it is also made clear that

petitioner no.2 will not leave the country without leave of

the Trial Court.

The present petitions shall stand disposed of in the
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above terms along with pending application(s), if any.

(NIRMALA NEGI)                                 (RENU BALA GAMBHIR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS                       ASSISTANT REGISTRAR