222 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-19591-2025 (O&M) Date of decision : 08.09.2025 Akshit Jhamb .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ..... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Pooja Jaglan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Diya Sodhi, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana.

Ms. Mansi, Advocate for the complainant.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J.

CRM-14822-2025 Allowed as prayed for.

Main case

1. Prayer in the present second petition has been made for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.347 dated 05.09.2024 under Section 308(5), 351(4) of BNS, registered at Police Station Sector-

29, Gurugram, Haryana.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the present case was registered on the statement complainant, namely, Vishal Bery. It was alleged that he has a business of dealing in property. In the month of June, 2024, he went to Dubai for vacation. During that time, he received a whatsapp message and whatsapp call from a phone number i.e. 8619326282, where the caller told his name to be Rakesh, a member of the Vikas Lagarpuria Gang. He asked him to pay Rs.2 lacs as protection money failing which he would kill him and his family. He was th