IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

230 CRM-M-24803-2025 Decided on : 03.11.2025 KHEM KARAN ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Ms. Kusum Raj, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Pawan Kumar Jhanda, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

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(s) No. Station Khem Karan, 281 02.06.2024 302, 342, 506 Thanesar Kurukshetra aged about 42 and 34 of IPC years (Subsequently , sections

342, 506, 34 of IPC were deleted and section 201 of IPC was added)

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that FIR in question was registered at the instance of complainant Khem Karan, who stated that he is a mason and about nine months earlier, one Rajesh Kumar had allotted him a room in the community centre, where he resided with his family. About nineteen years ago, Khem Karan was married to