254 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-39369-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 29.07.2025 Ravi ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Haryana ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Vikas Bishnoi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Bhardwaj, AAG, Haryana.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking regular bail in case bearing FIR No.9 dated 07.01.2025 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’), registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Hisar, District Hisar.

2. The present FIR was registered on the allegations that on 18.12.2024, an order bearing CIS No.SC/271/2023 titled as State of Haryana vs. Ajay @ Ajju etc. was received from the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar. As per contents of the order, the petitioner furnished bail/surety bonds, wherein surety was Arjun son of Pali, who had furnished his Aadhar Card along with jamabandi. Thereafter, the petitioner jumped bail and notice to his surety was issued. On that day, some different person by the name of aforesaid Arjun appeared before the Court and moved an application revealing therein that Rajesh Kumar son of Lakhi, resident of Uklana had stood surety for the petitioner and he had produced forged Aadhar Card, wherein he had mentioned his name as Arjun son of Pali Ram. He also furnished the jamabandi of the land, belonging to real Arjun. After receiving this application, the Court ordered to lodge an FIR and accordingly, FIR (supra) was registered, in which during the investigation, the police collected all the documents like bail application, vakalatnama, surety bonds and copy of jamabandi. Arjun son of Pali Ram and his identifier Naresh Kumar son of Parbhati Ram were joined in the investigation. During the investigation, it surfaced that the petitioner was in custody in FIR No.113/2023 under Sections 147, 323, 332, 353, 307 of IPC and in order to get him released on bail, Vinod son of Prithvi prepared the forged Aadhar Card of Arjun son of Pali Ram resident of Uklana and affixed the photo of Rajesh son of Lakhi Ram. The jamabandi of Arjun son of Pali Ram was got issued and Rajesh presented a fake surety in the Court on 31.01.2023 by impersonating himself as Arjun, who was identified by Naresh Kumar, who had forged the ID card issued by the Development and Panchayats Department. As such, on 14.01.2025, aforesaid Vinod, Rajesh @ Raja, Jitender @ Chhala and Naresh were arrested and on 16.01.2025, the petitioner was also arrested.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that admittedly, at the time of alleged crime, the petitioner was in custody and the allegations with regard to impersonation and for preparation of false documents are against co-accused Rajesh, Naresh, Arjun and Vinod. Further, co-accused Naresh has already been granted the concession of regular bail by this Court vide order dated 03.07.2025 passed in CRM-M-31067-2025 (Annexure P-2). It is further contended that entire case of the prosecution is based upon documentary evidence. The offence, under the FIR (supra) is registered, are triable by the Court of Magistrate and the investigation is complete. The petitioner has suffered incarceration of more than 06 months.

4. Per contra, learned State counsel has produced the custody certificate dated 28.07.2025 of the petitioner, which is taken on record. He opposes the prayer for grant of regular bail to the petitioner on the ground that complicity of the petitioner is duly established. The allegation against the petitioner is very serious and his act and conduct directly impacts the administration of justice. The petitioner is beneficiary of the fraud and impersonation. As such, the petitioner is not entitled to any relief. Further, the petitioner is involved in three more cases. However, learned State counsel counsel could not controver