-IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

225 Decided on : 24.09.2025 SANDEEP KUMAR . . . Petitioner(s)

Versus STATE OF HARYANA . . . Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Ms. Sandeep Singh Jattan, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Kanwar Sanjiv Kumar, AAG, Haryana.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 439 Cr.P.C.), for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, during the pendency of trial, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:-

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

Sandeep 454 28.11.2024 467, 468, 471, 120-B,Sadar Sonepat Kumar 201 (added later on) ofGohana IPC and 12(1) of the Passport Act, 1967

2. Allegation against the petitioner is that one Aman succeeded in obtained a passport from Delhi Passport Centre with passport No.Y2170295 having been issued on 06.05.2024, and fled abroad using this passport. Aman was facing some criminal cases including the case of murder. The name of the petitioner though not mentioned in the FIR but during investigation, prosecution built u