Case Law Analysis
|Himachal Pradesh High Court
BNSS Section 528 | Force Majeure Justifies Reduction of Surety Bond Forfeiture When Natural Disasters Render Compliance Impossible : Himachal HC
The Himachal Pradesh High Court reduced a Rs.2 lakh surety bond forfeiture to Rs.25,000 after recognizing landslides and heavy rainfall as force majeure events that objectively prevented the parolee’s return. This sets a critical precedent: administrative authorities cannot impose automatic penalties on sureties without verifying whether external, uncontrollable circumstances genuinely undermined compliance.