IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Rajbir Sharma ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: February 11, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Surinder Dagar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

Ms. Pallavi Babbar, Advocate for the complainant.

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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.0003 dated 06.01.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3) AND 340 of the BNS Act, 2023, at Police Station S.G.M. Nagar (Sanjay Gandhi Memorial nagar), District Faridabad.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that Complainant, namely, Archana Goyal submitted a written complaint to the Incharge, Police Post NIT-III, Faridabad, stating that she is a social worker and had filed an RTI application seeking information regarding the educational qualifications of Rajbir (petitioner herein). However, the concerned department failed to provi