IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 10.02.2026 MANJEET .....PETITIONER Vs.

STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR .....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEERJA K. KALSON Present:- Mr. Kamal Mor, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Vasundhara Dalal Anand, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Neeraj Sharma Shandiya, Advocate for respondent No.2-complainant.

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NEERJA K. KALSON , J .

The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanita, 2023 seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.87 dated 14.03.2023, under Sections 346 of IPC (later on added Sections 363, 366-A, 376(2)(n), 506 of IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act), registered at Police Station Kunjpura, District Karnal.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 26.04.2023. As per the status report, out of the total 19 prosecution witnesses, only 02 have been examined before the trial Court. The trial is yet to be concluded and is likely to take a considerable period of time. Learned counsel further contended that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The prosecutrix’s statement under S