222 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sushil @ Shilli ….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 03, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 03, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. V.B. Godara, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Sadar Thakur, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) (Old Section 439 of the Cr. P.C.) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.256 dated 23.06.2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379A/ 406/ 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), at Police Station Agroha, District Hisar.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the complainant, namely, Kapil, son of Shri Sant Lal, resident of Village Nyoli Khurd, appeared at the Police Station and submitted an application stating that he is an agriculturist by profession. He stated that for the last two days, he had been receiving calls on his mobile number 98177-50975 from mobile number 99923-28146. The caller disclosed his name as Akshay and offered to double any amount invested. The caller stated that if the complainant paid Rs.1,00,000/-, he would be given Rs.2,00,000/-. The caller further claimed that they were running a company engaged in doubling deposited money and instructed the complainant to come to a place and address that would be disclosed later.

On 23.06.2022, the complainant received another call from a person who introduced himself as Balraj. He directed the complainant to come to Agroha with Rs.4,00,000/-, stating that he would provide further directions upon his arrival. The complainant, however, had only Rs.1,00,000/- with him and reached near the bridge at Agroha turn with the said amount. He contacted Akshay, who then asked him to come to Mirpur Bus Stand. Upon reaching Mirpur Bus Stand, a boy approached him and introduced himself as Vinod, resident of Village Jandli. Vinod informed the complainant that their Innova vehicle bearing registration No.HR-51AC- 1369 was parked in a nearby street and asked him to come into the vehicle to complete the formalities. When the complainant reached near the vehicle, he found three other boys present inside. One of them introduced himself as Akshay and asked the complainant to get into the vehicle and hand over Rs.1,00,000/-. In the meantime, a Swift Dzire vehicle arrived from behind, in which one person was dressed in a police uniform while two others were in civil dress. Thereafter, the persons who identified themselves as Akshay, Sushil (petitioner herein), and Vinod, along with others, forcibly snatched Rs.1,00,000/- from the complainant and pushed him out of the vehicle.

Subsequently, all seven persons fled from the spot in the said two vehicles.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner was arrested on 24.06.2022. Learned counsel has further argued that the petitioner was granted concession of regular bail, on merits of the case, on 16.11.2022 and he continued to appear before the concerned trial Court till 22.08.2024. Later on, there was a miscommunication between the petitioner and his trial Court’s counsel on account of which, the petitioner could not cause appearance. Learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner was re-arrested on 05.05.2025 and is in continuous custody since then. Learned counsel has submitted that out of total 15 cited prosecution witnesses, only 02 have been examined till date, thus, conclusion of the trial will take long. Learned counsel has further argued that the petitioner shall continue to cause appearance before the concerned trial Court and face the trial. Thus, regular bail is prayed for.

4. Learned State counsel has opposed the present petition by arguing that the allegations raised against the petitioner are serious in nature. Learned State counsel has further argued