IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 13.02.2026 Jai Chand ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Balraj Singh Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AAG, Haryana.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.360 dated 09.10.2025 registered under Sections 237, 318(4), 336(2), 337, 338 and 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Section 61 of the BNS added later on), at Police Station City Mandi Dabwali, District Sirsa.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the above FIR was registered against the present petitioner and the co-accused on the complaint of Reader of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dabwali. As per the FIR, the petitioner in connivance with co-accused, in order to give surety for one Jony, had committed fraud and forgery by impersonating one Iqbal Singh and also prepared fake and fabricated documents. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner ha