232 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.07.2025 NARESH ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF HARYANA ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Amit Choudhary, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Bhardwaj, AAG, Haryana.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. This is the first petition filed under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.9 dated 07.01.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code at Police Station Civil Lines, Hisar District Hisar (Annexure P-1).

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 18.12.2024, an order bearing CIS No.SC/271/2023 titled as State of Haryana vs. Ajay @ Ajju etc. was received from the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar. As per the contents of order, accused Ravi had furnished bail bonds and surety bonds, wherein surety was Arjun son of Pali, who had furnished his Aadhar Card along with Jamabandi. Ravi jumped bail and thereafter, notice to his surety was issued. On that day, some different person by the name of Arjun son of Pali appeared before the Court and moved an application revealing therein that Rajesh Kumar son of Lakhi, resident of Uklana had stood surety for Ravi and he had produced forged Aadhar Card, wherein he had mentioned his name as Arjun son of Pali Ram. He also furnished the Jamabandi of land which belonged to real Arjun son of Pali. After receiving this application, the Court ordered to lodge an FIR and accordingly, FIR was registered. Investigation ensued and during investigation, police collected all the documents like bail application, vakalatnama, surety bonds, copy of jamabandi. Arjun son of Pali Ram and his identifier Naresh Kumar (petitioner herein) son of Parbhati Ram were joined in the investigation. During investigation, it was discovered that Ravi alias Ravi Kumar was in custody in FIR No.113/2023 under Sections 147, 323,332,353,307 of IPC and in order to get him released on bail, Vinod son of Prithvi prepared the forged Aadhar Card of Arjun son of Pali Ram resident of Uklana and affixed the photo of Rajesh son of Lakhi Ram. The Jamabandi of Arjun son of Pali Ram was got issued and Rajesh presented a fake surety in the Court on 31.1.2023 as Arjun. Arjun was identified by petitioner-Naresh Kumar, who had faked the ID card issued by the Department of Panchayat Development. Accordingly, on 14.01.2025, Vinod son of Prithvi, Rajesh alias Raja, Jitender alias Chhala, Naresh son of Parbhati were arrested. On 16.01.2025, Ravi son of Surender was also arrested.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated and there is no evidence to connect the petitioner with the alleged crime. He further contends that as per the case set up by the prosecution, the allegations against the petitioner are that he identified Rajesh as Arjun to enable him to furnish fake bail bonds of accused Ravi. Furthermore, there is no corroborative material either forensic or otherwise to establish the fact that the petitioner has indulged into any forgery.

Learned counsel submits that co-accused Rajesh approached the petitioner to identify him, being his co-villager and the petitioner was never aware of the fact that the co-accused is impersonating some other person. Moreover, the case of the prosecution is based upon documentary evidence. The petitioner is behind the bars for the last six months and the investigation is complete.

4. Learned State counsel has filed the custody certificate of the petitioner, which is taken on record and per contra, opposes the prayer made by the petitioner on the ground that the complicity of the petitioner is duly established. Further, the allegation against the petitioner is very serious and his act and conduct directly impacts the administration of justice. As such, the petitioner is not entitled to any relief. Furthermore, th