259 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 12.11.2025 Nitin @ Nitin Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Balraj Gujjar, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Sumit Jain, Addl. AG, Haryana and Ms. Diya Sodhi, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present fourth petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No.692 dated 11.11.2022, registered under Sections 363, 364, 302, 201 IPC, at Police Station Mujessar, District Faridabad.

2. Succinctly facts of the case are that the FIR in the present case was lodged on the statement of complainant Nanhe Kumar Pandey. It was alleged that he has two children. Elder daughter Goldie Pandey is aged 17 years, whereas, younger son Kisan Pandey (deceased) is 13 years of age. His son went from home to the shop in Chandila Mandi on 09.11.2022 at around 05:00 p.m.. Thereafter, neither his son reached the shop nor he returned home. They tried their level best to search him, however, failed to find him. Thus, request was made to take legal action. On the registration of the FIR, the investigation comme