JOGA SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-35231-2026 (O&M) 1 149 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-35231-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.07.2026 JOGA SINGH ... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present- Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile 482 of Cr.P.C) for quashing/setting aside the order dated 18.04.2026 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kapurthala (Annexure P- 5) in case FIR No.65 dated 30.06.2016 registered under Sections 379-B, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (corresponding section 304, 238 and 3(5) BNS, 2023) and Section 25/54/59 of the Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Subhanpur District Kapurthala and for direction to the Trial Court to restore the bail bonds. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inadvertently the petitioner had noted down the wrong date of hearing. Therefore, the petitioner could not appear before the learned trial Court on the date fixed. As such, the bail bond of the petitioner was cancelled and his bail bonds and surety bonds were also cancelled and forfeited to the State v