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CRM-M-65615-2025 (O&M) 1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

(248) CRM-M-65615-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision : 29.01.2026

SANJEEV @ FAUJI KUMAR

... Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF HARYANA

...Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA

Present: Mr. J.P. Jangu, Advocate for the petitioner

Ms. Himani Arora, DAG, Haryana

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been preferred by the petitioner under

Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”)

for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.114 dated 10.05.2024

registered under Sections 120-B, 386 and 506 of IPC and Section 25 of Arms

Act, 1959 (Sections 384 of IPC and Section 25(1-B)a, 25(6), 29(b), 25(1a) of

Arms Act, 1959 added later on) at Police Station Farukhnagar, District

Gurugram.

2. As per the allegations, on 10.05.2024, ASI Sanjay Kumar posted at

the aforementioned Police Station, received a secret information that some

members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, namely Rohit Godara, Naveen Boxer,

Lipan Nehra and Pawan Nehra, were active in the city of Gurugram for extorting

AMIT SHARMA

2026.01.30 10:11

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this order/judgment.

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money from businessmen and rich people, the main members of the group were

operating from foreign countries, some of them were lodged in jails and all of

them were into contact with each other through different social media apps. It

was also informed that they had even got murdered one businessman Sachin

Goda in Rohtak. One of the members of this gang namely Rohit Godara had

raised demand of ransom money of Rs.2 crorers from owner of Maniram

Grocery Store, Gurugram. It was informed that if the above mentioned persons

and other members of the gang were apprehended and interrogated, huge

quantity of contraband, ransom money and weapons could be recovered from

them. On the basis of this information, the aforementioned FIR was registered.

Investigation proceedings were initiated. During investigation, accused Dinesh

@ Dinu was arrested on 10.05.2024. Recovery of two mobile phones, one .30

bore countrymade pistol alongwith five live cartridges was effected from him.

On his identification, co-accused Jagdish @ Jaggu, Pardeep, Sagar and Vishnu

were also arrested on 12.05.2024, from whom different arms and ammunitions

were recovered. The co-accused Pardeep suffered a disclosure statement on the

basis of which the present petitioner was nominated as an accused and he too

was arrested on 14.02.2025. On interrogation, he suffered disclosure statement

admitting his involvement in the crime and on 05.07.2024, on the asking of the

co-accused Pardeep, he had collected Rs.5 lakhs and had given the same to the

latter. He further disclosed that on 17.08.2024, also he had collected 02 country

made pistol and one pistol from a person as per the instructions of the co-

accused. Subsequently, some other co-accused were also arrested.

AMIT SHARMA

2026.01.30 10:11

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this order/judgment.

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Supplementary challan was present against the petitioner and he alongwith the

co-accused is facing trial for commission of aforementioned offences.

3. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has been

falsely implicated in this case on the basis of the disclosure statement of the co-

accused which cannot be considered to be admissible in evidence. A false

recovery has been planted upon him jointly with the co-accused. There is no

material evidence has been produced by the Investigating Agency to show that

he facilitated arms and money to the co-accused as alleged by the prosecution.

He is in custody since long. Similarly situated co-accused Vidhyadhar, Dinesh

@ Dinu and Jay Prakash @ Jay Prakash have already been granted concession

of bail by this Court. On parity, he too deserves to be given the same benefit.

He has clean antecedents. He has a permanent abode. There are no chances of

his absconding, if extende