IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.11.2025 Saleem ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Saleem Ahmed, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Addl.AG, Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.838 dated 07.11.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 190, 191(3), 351(3) of the BNS, 2023 (Sections 117(2) and 140(4) of the BNS, 2023 added later on), at Police Station Camp Palwal, District Palwal.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that on 06.11.2024, at about 9:30 PM, the complainant namely, Yasin along with his son Sharukh, Gauri @ Gourav, Manoj, and Hemant went to Bakshi Farm, Shyam Nagar, Palwal to attend a marriage function. At that time, the accused persons arrived at the spot and attacked them with lathis, dandas, and hammers. It was further alleged that the accused persons kidnapped the complainant, took him from Ram Naga