Criminal Misc. No.M-8538 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-8538 of 2008 Date of decision : 4.9.2008 Sukhwinder Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate Advocate for the petitioners Mr. S.S.Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Advocate for the complainant. S. D. ANAND, J. The petitioners had been allowed regular bail in case FIR No. 119 dated 12.8.2005 under Sections 323, 324, 326, 504, 34 IPC vide order dated 22.10.2005 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala. The private respondent/complainant filed a plea for cancellation of bail on an averment that petitioners had been through involved in another case FIR No. 10 dated 5.2.2008 under Sections 323,324,506 read with Section 34 IPC, Police Station Sadar, Ambala. The plea found favour with the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc) Fast Track Court, Ambala and he ordered that “the bail bonds of accused Gurmail Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Raghubir Singh are cancelled”. On account of the cancellation of the bail bonds, learned Fast Track Court directed them to surrender forthwith and the State was directed to take effective steps to take them in custody if they did not Criminal Misc. No.M-8538 of 2008 -2- **** comply with the orders afore-mentioned. Learned State counsel points out that the matter is fixed for final arguments on 16.9.2008 and this petition would become infructuous on that date with the disposal of the prosecution plea itself. It is apparent from the impugned order that it is only the bail bonds of the petitioners which were ordered to be cancelled, Apart therefrom, it may be noticed that the impugned order does not appear to proceed on sound reasoning. Just because an accused happens to get involved in another matter during currency of the bail in an earlier case, it cannot be said that the Court would be entitled to order the cancellation of his bail or order the forfeiture of bail bonds. Cancellation of bail order has to be based upon sound reasoning. The petition shall stand allowed. The impugned order shall stand set aside. Bail bonds already furnished by the petitioner shall stand restored. September 04, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE