IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sanjay ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: March 27, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 30, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Deepender Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. Meyank Sarpal, Advocate and Mr. Veer Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Sadar Thakur, Senior DAG Haryana.

Ms. Kashish, Advocate and Ms. Aakriti Mittal, 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’) (earlier Section 438 of the Cr. P.C.) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.211 dated 05.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 109(1), 115, 190, 191(2), 333 of BNS (Section 117(2) of BNS added later on), at Police Station HTM Hisar, District Hisar.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that complainant, namely, Bablu, alleged that on 03.04.2025, Surender, hatched a criminal conspiracy at his residence. At about 3:00 PM on the same day, six boys, armed with sticks and iron rods, a