IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 09.02.2026 Jitender Alias Challa …Petitioner.

v.

State of Haryana …Respondent.

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY.

Present: Mr. Jitender Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vishal Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana.

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AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J. (Oral)

1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 483 BNSS, petitioner, an accused in case bearing FIR No.9 dated 07.01.2025 registered against him, for commission of offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines, Hisar, has prayed for grant of bail.

2. Relevant facts as emerging from documents on record be noticed hereinbelow:-

Pursuant to the orders received from the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar, criminal proceedings vide above FIR were initiated.

In brief, the contents of the order are as follows:-

That one Ravi (co-accused) had furnished bail/surety bonds. Arjun son of Pali had appeared as surety for Ravi and had also furnished his Aadhar Card along with jamabandi etc. The aforesaid Ravi did not appear in the Court. Resultantly, his bail was cancelled. Notice to surety was issued. In pursuance to the said notice, some another person appeared in the Court, introduced himself as Arjun son of Pali and moved an application pointing therein that infact Rajesh Kumar son of Lakhi, resident of Uklana, had appeared as surety for Ravi and had produced forged Aadhar Card. The aforesaid Rajesh had impersonated him (Arjun) and had also furnished jamabandi of his land.

On the basis of these forged documents Ravi, who was in custody in case bearing FIR No.113 of 2023 under Sections 147, 323, 332, 353, 307 IPC was released on bail. On the receipt of this application, the Court directed to lodge the FIR.

Accordingly, FIR No.0009 dated 07.01.2025 was registered against Ravi and others under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC. During the course of investigation, all the documents, as in, bail application, power of attorney, surety bonds, copy of Jamabandi etc. were taken into possession. Arjun, son of Pali Ram, who had moved the application before the Court and his identifier Naresh Kumar son of Parbhati Ram were also joined the investigation. During the investigation, it came to the notice of the investigating agency that in order to get Ravi released on bail, Vinod, son of Prithvi in conspiracy with the others namely Jitender @ Challa (present petitioner), Rajesh @ Raja, Naresh Kumar had prepared the forged Aadhar Card of Arjun son of Pali Ram, resident of Uklana, by affixing photo of co- accused Rajesh son of Lakhi Ram, meaning thereby that Rajesh son of Lakhi Ram had appeared as Arjun son of Pali Ram and had stood surety for Ravi. The aforesaid co-accused Rajesh was identified by co-accused Naresh Kumar. It also came to the notice of the IO that ID card issued by the Development and Panchayats Department, in favour of Arjun son of Pali Ram, had also been forged by Vinod etc. to create fake documents.

On 14.01.2025, co-accused Vinod, Rajesh @ Raja, petitioner-

Jitender @ Challa and Naresh were arrested. On 16.01.2025, co-accused Ravi was also arrested.

During the course of interrogation, petitioner confessed to his involvement in the commission of offences and elaborated upon the manner in which this fraud played on the Court, was committed. Roles played by each of the accused were also elaborated upon.

Aggrieved of the order dated 3.11.2025 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar vide which bail application of petitioner was dismissed, the present petition has been filed.

3. Learned counsel contends that petitioner has been falsely implicated. No direct or corroborative incriminating material was collected by the IO, during the course of investigation, to connect petitioner with the offence. He has been arrayed as accused only on the basis of hearsay and unverified allegations of the other co-accused, whose disclosure stat