Hargulal vs State of Haryana - 2026 Supreme(P&H) 467

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2026 Supreme(P&H) 467

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SUMEET GOEL
Hargulal – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Gautam Dutt, Senior Advocate with Ms. Radhika Mehta, Advocate and Ms. Sukhsharan Sra, Advocate and Mr. Amtaj Sidhu, Advocate
For the Respondent: Ms. Mahima Yashpal, Senior DAG

JUDGMENT :

SUMEET GOEL, J.

1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in FIR No.0022 dated 12.08.2025, registered for offences punishable under Sections 7, 2, 13(1)(a) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Sections 471, 468, 467, 420, 409, 406, 218, 201, 167, 166, 120-B of IPC at Police Station ACB, Faridabad, District Anti Corruption Bureau, Faridabad.

2. The present FIR arises during investigation of earlier FIR No. 11 dated 24.03.2022 at PS SV ACB Faridabad, wherein it was found that 08 fake work orders related to laying of interlocking tiles on the berm of RMC Road at Mohana Road, Ballabgarh were fraudulently prepared in the name of Satbir Singh, Contractor, on 27.11.2018. It has been alleged that the original estimates of these works, totaling about Rs.40,06,000/-, were illegally revised within 20 days on 08.12.2018 to about Rs.07.63 crores by officials of Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) in connivance with the contractor. Payments were released even though no such work orders were ever officially issued and no work was actually executed. Furthermore, ver

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