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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

CRM-M-67725-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision : 29.01.2026

Date of uploading: 29.01.2026

SANDEEP

…Petitioner

Versus

STATE OF HARYANA

…Respondent

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL

Present : Mr. Rahul Shamra, Sr. Advocate

with Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, A.A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Ravinder Singh Randhawa, Sr. Advocate

with Mr. Mandeep Singh Kundu, Advocate

for the complainant.

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS,

2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.26

dated 01.08.2025, registered for offences punishable under Section 7 of the

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Sections 7A, 12, 13(1)(B) read with

Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and Sections 61(2)

and 215 of the BNS, 2023 were added later on), at Police Station Anti-

Corruption Bureau, District Rohtak.

2. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner argued that the

petitioner is in custody since 01.08.2025. Learned senior counsel has further

GURPREET KAUR

2026.01.30 08:40

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submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in

question. Learned senior counsel has further submitted that the genesis of

the FIR in question pertain relating to two FIR(s) registered in Delhi in

which the FIR-complainant (Vipin Kumar) is not directly connected and the

said two FIR(s) are in respect of one Parveen Lakra, who has, till date, not

stepped forward to have a statement recorded before the police. Learned

senior counsel has further submitted that the petitioner (herein) has already

given his voice sample. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner has further

submitted that the investigation qua the FIR is already complete and challan

stands presented on 26.09.2025. Learned senior counsel has further

submitted that the complainant has been procrastinating giving his voice

sample to the police on one pretext or the other. Learned senior counsel has

further submitted that sanction qua co-accused-Inspector Sunil Jain is yet to

be received and thus, the trial is unable to proceed further and delay thereof

cannot be attributed to the petitioner (herein). Learned senior counsel has

further submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedents. Thus, regular bail

is prayed for.

3. Reply by way of an affidavit dated 17.12.2025 has already been

filed on behalf of respondent-State of Haryana. Raising submissions in

tandem with the said reply, learned State counsel has opposed the grant of

regular bail to the petitioner by iterating that the petitioner was caught red

handed and, thus, he does not deserve the concession of regular bail.

Learned State counsel has further submitted that the call detail record

(CDR)/audio recordings of the petitioner (herein) clearly reflects his

culpability. Learned State counsel seeks to place on record custody

GURPREET KAUR

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certificate dated 29.01.2026, in the Court today, which is taken on record.

He has thus sought for dismissal of the petition in hand.

4. Learned senior counsel appearing for the complainant has

argued that there are direct/serious allegations against the petitioner. Learned

senior counsel has further submitted that in case, the petitioner is accorded

the concession of regular bail, there is all the likelihood of the petitioner may

abscond from the process of justice as also interfering in the

investigation/witnesses. Learned senior counsel has further submitted that

the petitioner (herein) is trying to have threats extended to the FIR-

complainant. On these grounds, dismissal of the petition in hand is prayed

for.

5. I have heard learned counsel for the rival parties and have

perused the records.

6. The petitioner was arrested on 01.08.2025 and is in custody

since then. Upon culmination of the