IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Mukesh Saini ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 02, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 02, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Pradeep Chhoker, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

Mr. Nikhil Anand, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.174 dated 04.07.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Section 66-D of the Information Technology Act and Sections 120-B, 408, 420 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), registered at Police Station Sector

17, Faridabad, District Faridabad.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that Manish Bindal, Proprietor of Trans Cargo India, lodged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police, Sector-31, Faridabad on 08.05.2023 against his former employees, namely Mohd. Javed, Narender Kumar @ Narender Poonia, Rakesh Sharma, Sudhir Bhardwaj, and others, including Coco Holland Tractor, R.K.