IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH.

Date of Decision: 13.01.2026.

Badal ....Petitioner.

Versus

State of Haryana ....Respondent.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ

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Present: Mr. Bishan Dass Rana, Advocate and

Mr. Abhinav Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Tanuj Sharma, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J.(Oral)

1. Petitioner has approached this Court by way of present petition praying for granting regular bail in case FIR No.273 dated 27.06.2022 under Section 147, 148, 149, 323, 506, 302, 120-B & 201 of IPC, registered at

Police Station SGM Nagar, District Faridabad.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that FIR in the present case was registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Vikas. It was alleged therein that on 26.06.2022 at about 7:00 PM, he along with Deepak and Vinod were standing near liquor shop, in the meantime, Amar Chand, Mangal, Golu, Chintu, Gheta and 10-12 other persons reached there carrying iron rods, swords and dandas in their hands and caused grievous injuries to Deepak with the weapons carried by them. It was further alleged that after considering Deepak to be dead, all the assailants fled away from the spot giving threat that

in case Deepak survived, they would kill him in future. The whole occurrence

was captured in CCTV cameras installed there. Thus, request was made to take legal action against the culprits. On registration of the FIR, the investigation commenced and he was arrested on 21.07.2022. On completion of the investigation, the challan was presented. On framing of charges, the trial commenced. The petitioner approached the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Faridabad praying for grant of regular bail. However, after hearing both the sides, the learned Court finding no merit in the same, dismissed the bail application filed by the petitioner vide order dated 24.01.2024. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner is before this Court praying for grant of bail by way of filing the present petition.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, prays for the grant of bail on the basis of parity with that of the co-accused. He has drawn the attention of this Court to the order dated 03.11.2025 passed by this Court in CRM-M-51328-2024 and order dated 05.12.2025 passed by this Court in CRM-M-66998-2025, whereby co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Amar Chand and Shyam Babu @ Mangal, have been granted the concession of bail. He has submitted that case of the petitioner is on better footing than that of the co-accused, who have been granted bail by this Court. He submits that on the basis of the parity, petitioner deserves to be granted bail as case of the petitioner is similar to that of the co-accused, who has already been granted bail.

4. Per contra, learned State counsel has opposed the submissions made by counsel for the petitioners. He endorsed the fact that case of the petitioner is at par with co-accused, namely, Amar Chand and Shyam Babu @

Mangal, who have already been granted bail by this Court. He has produced the custody certificate of the petitioner today in the Court and the same is taken on record.

5. After hearing counsel for the parties and perusing the record, it is deciphered that though petitioner was named in the FIR, however, he has suffered an incarceration of more than 03 years. Admittedly, co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Amar Chand and Shyam Babu @ Mangal, have already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 03.11.2025 passed in CRM- M-51328-2024 and order dated 05.12.2025 passed in CRM-M-66998-2025. As per the custody certificate, the petitioner has completed the incarceration of 03 years, 05 months and 22 days as on 12.01.2026. It further reflects that the petitioner is not involved in any other criminal case. Needless to say that every accused has the fundamental right of speedy trial.

6. The veracity of the allegations would be assessed only after the conclusion of the trial and on the appreciation