IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manjeet ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: February 09, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 09, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Khushwant Saharan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.0143 dated 19.07.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the BNS Act, 2023, at Police Station Rohtak Civil Lines, District Rohtak.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that complainant, namely, Rahul Deswal, son of Jagdish Deswal, resident of House No.254/12, Gali No. 9, Tilak Nagar, Rohtak, submitted a complaint stating that he is in possession of a Grand i10 car bearing registration No.HR-12-AV-0591, which is registered in the name of his father, namely, Jagdish Deswal. His father is currently residing in Australia with his elder brother, Sandeep. He stated that a person named M