IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on:25.03.2026 Dharam Singh …...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Satya Veer Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Parveen Kumar Aggarwal, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023, is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:-

Name of FIR Date Section(s) Police Station Petitioner No.

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Dharam 1190 25.07.2025 21(1) of Mines and HSENB, Ambala Singh, aged Minerals about 41 (Development and years Regulation) Act, 1957 and 303(2) of BNS

2. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner on 01.09.2025 following was recorded:

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2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the tractor bearing registration No. HR 32G 0791, along with its attached trolley, was seized by the Mining Department on the allegation that it was being used for transporting sand. However, counsel for the petitioner submits that the vehicle was, in fact, being used for the religious pu