IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Jitender ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of Decision: April 01, 2026 Date of Uploading: April 01, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Harmandeep S. Sullar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Suneel Ranga, DAG Haryana and Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

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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’) (Section 438 of Cr. P.C.) seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.0070 dated 11.03.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Section 303 of the BNS, 2023, at Police Station Israna, District Panipat.

2. The gravamen of the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner along with Sarpanch of village concerned had illegally cut Shisham and Kikar trees on the Panchayat land.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that a bare perusal of the FIR itself shows that allegations leveled against the petitioner are concocted, improbable and devoid of any merit. Learned counsel has iterated that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the