IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Surender @ Shalender ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: March 25, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 25, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Karan Jangra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Mahima Yashpal Singla, Senior DAG, Haryana.

Ms. Garima Dixit, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No. 202 dated 25.09.2025 registered under Sections 406, 409, 420 and 120-

B IPC, at Police Station Bhattu Kalan, District Fatehabad.

2. The gravamen of the instant FIR reflects that it emanates from a complaint lodged by the complainant-Mohan Lal, who alleged that the petitioner (herein), in connivance with co-accused Madan, Umed, Om Parkash, Rajender, Prithvi, Rajesh, Sonu and Sita Ram Patwari, dishonestly and fraudulently cheated him in a land transaction. He has alleged that the petitioner (herein), despite having already executed a sale deed dated 22.05.2018, in