IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 02.02.2026 AJAY PAL SINGH RAGHAV @ AJAY PAL RAGHAV ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Aman Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Aditya Pal Singla, AAG, Haryana **** (cid:1)

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.518 dated 15.08.2024 registered under Sections 127(2), 140(2), 3(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) at Police Station City Ballabhgarh, District Faridabad.

2. As per the allegations, on 14.08.2024, the co-accused Ashok Tailor, in connivance with the petitioner, abducted the complainant Kunal Paswan and while extending threats to him took him to his house and raised demand of a sum of Rs.2,60,000/-, otherwise threatened to kill him. The petitioner had also kept the victim confined in his room and it was only on intimation being given to the Police by the brother of the complainant that he was released from the custody of the petitio