IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Pawan ….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Keshav Pratap Singh & Mr. Tarun Kumar, Advocates for the petitioner (s).

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. Manish Soni, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.169 dated 13.04.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 285, 201, 148, 149, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 25 (1-B) (a) of the Arms Act, 1959 (for short ‘Arms Act’) (Sections 201 and 120-B of IPC added later on), at Police Station City Sohna, District Gurugram.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that on 12.04.2023 at about 8.00 AM, complainant (Lalit) alongwith his cousin brother Gyanender Bhola (deceased), in white swift car, came to Neta Farm House at Sohna-Palwal Road. At about 5.40 PM, when both of them came out of the farm