208 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manjeet Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of decision: January 08, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 08, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Sushil Kumar Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Sadar Thakur, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.411 dated 26.09.2023, for the offence punishable under Sections 342, 365, 384 & 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 13(1)(b) & 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘PC Act’), registered at Police Station Sadar Sirsa.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that complainant, namely, Gurdeep Singh informed the police that on 26.09.2023, during daytime hours, he was travelling on a motorcycle along with his friend. At about 2:30–3:00 p.m., when they stopped by the roadside to ease themselves, three persons who were already hiding behind bushes suddenly approached them, forcibly dragged them to a dis