BANK OF INDIA vs SARABJIT SINGH AND OTHERS

CR-5058-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 160 CR-5058-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 13.07.2026 Bank of India through its Principal Officer and Constituted Attorney Sh. Ajay Kumar ....Petitioner Vs. Sarabjit and others ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (Oral) 1 Prayer in the present civil revision petition is for setting aside the order dated 08.05.2026 (Annexure P-8) passed by learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Patiala, whereby an application under Order 18 Rule 17 read with Section 151 CPC filed by the petitioner/plaintiff seeking recall of witnesses PW1-Deepika Gupta and PW2-Geetanjali Dang for their cross-examination by the respondents has been dismissed. 2. Briefly, petitioner/plaintiff (Bank of India) is stated to have advanced a term loan to the respondents/defendants, which was not repaid and accordingly a civil suit (Annexure P-1) for recovery of Rs.14,55,130.84/- along with interest was filed by the plaintiff-Bank. The respondents contested the suit by filing their written statement (Annexure ANKIT 2026.07.15 18:51 I attest to