Chandigarh, Sept. 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that bail cancellation orders by trial courts to secure presence of an accused should be passed sparingly.

"In the considered opinion of this court, the cancellation of bail orders amounts to an unjustifiable restriction on the procedural rights of the petitioner in the absence of any misconduct, lack of bona fides or a deliberate attempt to evade the proceedings on his behalf," the bench of justice Sumeet Goel observed, while quashing orders of a Patiala court, wherein an accused on bail was sought to be presented through non-bailable warrants by a trial court.

The petitioner, Ram Mehar, had sought quashing of July 23, 2024, and November 30, 2024, orders of a magistrate,...