SUMEET GOEL
Shashi Sham – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sumeet Goel, J.
1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 417 dated 25.07.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 351(3), 75(2) & 78 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 12 of POCSO Act, 2012 at Police Station Sadar Bhiwani, District Bhiwani.
2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the petition by the petitioner) is as follows:
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