IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

Vishal Kaushik and another

....Petitioners

V/s

State of Haryana

....Respondent

Date of decision: 13.01.2026

Date of Uploading : 14.01.2026

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL

Present: Mr. Gautam Dutt, Senior Advocate with

Ms. Radhika Mehta, Advocate and Ms. Sukhsharan Sra, Advocate and

Mr. Amtaj Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Mahima Yashpal, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners 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, Con