HARCHAND SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS — CRR/3716/2015

Case under No Acts Defined. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 24th March 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 24-Apr-2017

CNR: PHHC010688192015

Filing Number

CRR/3716/2015

Filing Date

28-Sep-2015

Registration No

CRR/3716/2015

Registration Date

30-Sep-2015

Judge

Mr. Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj

Coram

Mr. Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj

Bench Type

Single

Category

37.5 - CRIMINAL REVISION (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) ( 151 )

Sub-Category

( 944 )

Judicial Branch

CRIMINAL BRANCH

Decision Date

24-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 11-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

No Acts Defined

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.HARCHAND SINGH

    Adv. RAHISH PAHWA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 24-Mar-2026

    Mr. Justice Vinod S. BhardwajView PDF

    Summary of CRR/3716/2015 Case: Harchand Singh v. State of Punjab & Others Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab & Haryana dismissed the revision petition, upholding the 2015 appellate judgment that granted probation to five convicted respondents for six months. The court rejected the petitioner's argument that failure to comply with compromise terms warranted cancellation of probation. Key Reasoning: The court found that while compromise was one factor, probation was primarily granted on legally sustainable grounds—namely that the respondents were first-time offenders who endured a 17-year trial and lacked criminal antecedents, warranting reformation over incarceration. Since probation is governed by statute and judicial discretion (not private arrangements), breach of compromise cannot automatically revoke it. Additionally, 11 years having elapsed since probation with no violations, reversing the order would be inequitable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Feb-2025

    Mr. Justice Harpreet Singh BrarView PDF

  4. 10-Oct-2018

    Mr. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan

  5. 10-Oct-2018

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  6. 05-Jul-2018

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  7. 17-Jan-2018

    Mr. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan

  8. 17-Jan-2018

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  9. 19-Dec-2017

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  10. 25-Oct-2017

    Mr. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan

  11. 25-Oct-2017

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  12. 19-Jul-2017

    Mr. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan

  13. 19-Jul-2017

    —

    Lok Adalat Bench - 2

  14. 24-Apr-2017

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  15. 23-Jan-2017

    Mr. Justice Surinder Gupta

  16. 05-Feb-2016

    Mr. Justice Hari Pal Verma

  17. 02-Nov-2015

    Mr. Justice Hari Pal Verma

  18. 28-Sep-2015

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRR/3716/2015

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of CRR/3716/2015 Case: Harchand Singh v. State of Punjab & Others Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab & Haryana dismissed the revision petition, upholding the 2015 appellate judgment that granted probation to five convicted respondents for six months. The court rejected the petitioner's argument that failure to comply with compromise terms warranted cancellation of probation. Key Reasoning: The court found that while compromise was one factor, probation was primarily granted on legally sustainable grounds—namely that the respondents were first-time offenders who endured a 17-year trial and lacked criminal antecedents, warranting reformation over incarceration. Since probation is governed by statute and judicial discretion (not private arrangements), breach of compromise cannot automatically revoke it. Additionally, 11 years having elapsed since probation with no violations, reversing the order would be inequitable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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