Published on : 12 Dec 2025, 1:05 pm 4 min read

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday cancelled an order granting regular bail to an accused in a criminal case after finding that the trial judge who passed the bail order was his distant relative [ Akash Walia v State of Haryana ].

The Court had earlier sought a response from the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (JMIC) Vandana , who had passed the bail order. The High Court had also asked its Registrar General to inform it about any inquiry undertaken in this regard on the administrative side.

In the order passed today, Justice Sumeet Goel said that the inquiry proceedings as well as judge Vandana's own comments reflected that she and the accused were relatives, "though apparently distant ones."

Finding that the tria

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