IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

208 Date of decision: 24.09.2025 Vinod Kumar ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Haryana ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Mohd. Yousaf, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Chhavi Sharma, AAG Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. The instant first petition has been filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.47 dated 22.04.2025 registered under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 337, 340, 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Section 82 of the Registration Act, 1908 at Police Station Jakhal, District Fatehabad.

2. Reply alongwith annexures filed by way of affidavit dated 12.09.2025 on behalf of the respondent-State is already available on file and the same is taken on record.

3. The relevant extract of the FIR reads thus:

"To, District Deputy Commissioner Fatehabad No. 884 Steno dated 16-4-25 Subject: Regarding conducting inquiry and lodging of FIR against Premalata wife of Tarachand resident of Jakhal for tempering with the sale deed of property ID 6WMG4860. Reference: with regard to letter of your office No. 1893/D.M.C. Dated 26.03.2024, Letter No. 2291/D.M.C. Dated

18.04.2024, Letter No. 07 (J)/D.M.C. 2953 / dated 23.05.2024, and letter No. 07 (J) / D.M.C. 1000 / dated 13.02.2025. The complaint by Shri Dharmapala Saxena son of Shri Phool Chand, G.M India News Distribution Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh, M. 8585060000 was received in this office through the letters referred to above regarding the above subject for investigation. Upon preliminary inquiry of the documents submitted by the complainant, it was found that the first complaint was lodged by him with the Secretary, Nagar Parishad, Jakhal Mandi whereupon preliminary inquiry was conducted by issuing notice to Mrs. Premalata wife of Mr. Tarachand, resident of Jakhal Mandi. The complainant and Mrs Premlata were called to the office to make their submissions but the complainant did not appear before the undersigned and on behalf of Premalata her husband Tarachand and her son Chandraharsh appeared before the undersigned but they did not get any statement recorded. It has been submitted by the complainant in his complaint that the owner of property ID No. 6WMG4860 Mrs Premalata had sale deed of 107 yards whose deed number was 845 dated 24.12.2009 but Premalata was in possession of 130 yards. Therefore, she has tampered with the sale deed in an illegal manner and has obtained a property ID of 130. yards instead of 107 yards and after obtaining ID, she has executed the sale deed of the above said land in favour of her son. In the documents attached with the complaint, two photo copies of Deed No. 845 dated 24.12.2009 have been attached. In the photocopy of the tampered sale deed, one house measuring 130 square yards and measuring and bounded by 24 feet owner Satpal etc. in the north, 24 feet public passage in the south, 49 feet owner Poonam Singla etc. in the west and 49 feet owner Heera in the west are shown. Apart from this, another photo copy of the said deed is attached in which are of the sold house measuring 107 square yards and measuring and bounded by 18 feet owner Satpal etc. in the North, 18 feet public passage in the South, 49 feet owner Poonam Singla etc. in the East and 49 feet owner Heera in the West is shown. In order to verify the above facts, it was written to the Sub-Tehsildar Jhakhal to provide the attested copy of deed No. 845 dated 24.12.2009 and on the basis of this deed, the family transfer deed No. 787 dated 10.10.2023 executed by Mrs. Premalata and the attested copies of other related documents presented at the time of registration of the deed for the purpose of investigation. On the perusal of the record submitted by Sub-Tahsildar Jakhal, it was found that as per the record, in deed no 845 dated 24.12.2009 The area of one sold house measuring 107 sq. meters and bounded by 18 feet owner Satpal etc. in the north, 18 feet