IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

211 CRM-M-235-2026 VIRENDER KUMAR @ VIRENDER SINGH ....PETITIONER V/s STATE OF HARYANA ....RESPONDENT Date of decision: 16.02.2026 Date of uploading: 16.02.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. S.P. Arora, Advocate for the petitioner (through VC).

Ms. Priyanka Sadar, Senior DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Sunil Kr. Dahiya, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL , J .

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.422 dated 14.07.2022 registered for offences punishable under Sections 120- B, 193, 196,204, 209, 384, 420, 467, 468 of IPC at Police Station City Narnaul, District Mahendergarh.

2. On 09.01.2026, the following order was passed:-

“Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.422 dated 14.07.2022 registered for offences punishable under Sections 120-B, 193, 196,204, 209, 384, 420, 467, 468 of IPC at Police Station City Narnaul, District Mahendergarh; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail.

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