IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

206 CRM-M-249-2026 VIKASH RANA ....PETITIONER V/s STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ....RESPONDENT Date of decision:03.02.2026 Date of uploading:03.02.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Pankaj Bali, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. DPS Bajwa, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL , J .

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.690 dated 26.11.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections

316(2), 318(4) of BNS 2023 at Police Station Assandh, District Karnal.

2. On 09.01.2026, the following order was passed:-

“Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.690 dated 26.11.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS 2023 at Police Station Assandh, District Karnal; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail.

Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the genesis of the FIR in question is a loan/civil dispute, a civil suit already stands initiated between the partie