228 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-25605-2026 Date of decision :12.05.2026 Gurdeep Singh @ Bhala .....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ..... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Punyaveet, Advocate;

Mr. Pranshul Dhull, Advocate and Mr. Ritik Mohindroo, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Diya Sodhi, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.269 dated 13.04.2024, under Sections 302, 120-B, 379, 427 of the IPC, registered at Police Station Sirsa City, District Sirsa.

2. Succinctly facts of the case are that the FIR has been lodged on the statement of Angrej Singh. It was alleged that the marriage of his elder sister namely, Karamjeet Kaur was solemnized with Gurjeet Singh about 16 years ago. It was alleged that his brother-in-law, namely, Gurjeet Singh was addicted to liquor and he used to quarrel and give beatings to complainant’s sister Karamjeet Kaur. Since last one year, Gurjeet Singh was residing with his elder brother Harjinder Singh and his wife Manpreet alias Monika at Khairpur, Sirsa whereas, his sister and nephew Navdeep Singh were residing at Preet nagar, Gali no.11, Sirsa. It was alleged that Gurjeet Singh oftenly used to visit at the house of complainant’s sister and used to threaten his sister and his nephew to vacate the house otherwise he will kill them and Harjinder Singh and his wife Manpreet alias Monika used to support Gurjeet. On 13.04.2024, Karamjit Kaur made a call to him and told that she alongwith her friend Priyanka wife of Narender Singh, resident of Street No.14, Preet Nagar Sirsa was going from her house to Chilla Sahib Gurudwara, Sirsa via Begu Road on her scooty and at about 5:00 AM when they reached at Kalyan Nagar, Begu Road Sirsa then her husband Gurjeet Singh in order to kill her crushed them alongwith their scooty while driving truck No.HR-57-A-2325 as a result of which Priyanka died at the spot and her condition was also critical and thereafter, voice call of his sister Karamjeet Kaur stopped. His sister was got admitted in Government Hospital Sirsa with the help of ambulance where doctor keeping in view the critical condition of his sister, referred her to Agroha Medical Hospital where she breathed her last breath. It was further alleged that Gurjeet Singh with intention to kill his sister, committed the murder of complainant’s sister Karamjit Kaur and her friend Priyanka, who were riding on the scooty, with his truck. It was alleged that as Gurjeet Singh was having illicit relations with his sister-in-law (Bhabhi), namely, Manpreet alias Monika, Gurjeet Singh has committed this murder after hatching a conspiracy with his brother Harjinder and his wife Manpreet alias Monika. Hence, request was made to take legal action against the accused. On the registration of the FIR, investigation commenced. During the investigation, complicity of the petitioner surfaced and thus, he was arrested on 17.04.2024. He approached the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Special Court, Sirsa, praying for grant of bail, however, after hearing counsel for the parties and finding no merits, the same was declined vide order dated 18.04.2026. Hence, being aggrieved, the petitioner is before this Court by way of filing the present petition.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, prays for the grant of bail on the basis of parity with that of the co-accused. He has drawn the attention of this Court to the order dated 30.03.2026 passed by this Court in CRM-M-18372-2025, whereby co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Gurjant Singh @ Janta, has been granted the concession of regular bail. He has submitted that case of the petitioner is at par with that of the co-accused, who has been granted regular bail by this Court. He submits that on the basis of the parity, petitioner deserves to be granted bail as case of th