CRM-M-49302-2025 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** 115 CRM-M-49302-2025 Date of Decision : 05.09.2025 JASPREET SINGH @ JOHNI @ JOHN ...Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. Saksham Dudeja, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kamalpreet Bawa, DAG, Punjab. **** AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J. (ORAL) Petitioner, namely, Jaspreet Singh @ Johni @ John, a co-accused in case FIR No.111 dated 09.07.2024, registered against him and one Devinder Singh for commission of offences punishable u/s 103(1), 331(4), 305(a), 305(b), 3(5), 317(2) and 238 of BNS, at Police Station Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana Rural, has prayed for directing the learned JMIC, Jagraon to pass an order on application dated 11.08.2025, as also to accept the bail/surety bonds pursuant to order dated 14.10.2024 passed by JMIC, Jagraon and release the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was granted the concession of default bail by learned JMIC, Jagraon, in terms of order dated 14.10.2024. The operative portion of the said order reads as under:- “After hearing the rival submissions made by Ld. counsel for the applicant as well as Ld. APP for the State and perusing the court file minutely, as per report of Ahlmad of this Court, challan has not been presented in this case. Applicants/accused Devinder Singh @ NISHA 2025.09.08 13:45 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-49302-2025 -2- Mottu@ Kaka and Jaspreet Singh @ John @ Johni are in judicial custody since 16.07.2024 and statutory period has since expired, but no challan has been presented so far. As such, the applicants/accused Devinder Singh @ Mottu @ Kaka and Jaspreet Singh @ John @ Johni are entitled to statutory bail under section 187(2) B.N.S.S.. Consequently, instant application succeeds and applicants/accused are ordered to be admitted statutory bail on their personal bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- each with two sureties in the like amount each. Requisite bail bonds and surety bonds not furnished. Application disposed off accordingly” Admittedly, an application for accepting the bail bonds and surety bonds on behalf of the petitioner - Jaspreet Singh was moved on 05.08.2025. However, on the same day, one of the surety, namely, Hardeep Kaur withdrew the surety bonds. Thereafter, an application, to put up the file and accept the surety bonds was moved by the present petitioner on 07.08.2025 (undated application appended as Annexure P-4). The grouse of the petitioner is that till date the said application has not been decided by the learned Magistrate. Heard. Without going into the merits of the averments made in the present petition, the same is disposed of with a direction to the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jagraon to decide the above-said application of the petitioner (Annexure P-4), in accordance with law in an expeditious manner preferrably, within a period of 03 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. (AARADHNA SAWHNEY) JUDGE 05.09.2025 Nisha Yadav Whether Speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No NISHA 2025.09.08 13:45 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document