IN THE 220 Rav Virender Singh State of Haryana CORAM : HON'BLE Present :- Mr. Mr. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ The Bharatiya Nagarik petitioner in case Sections 148, 149, and Section 25 Karnal. 2. Brief telephonic information regarding arrival a dead state. Upon Singh, ASI Subhash and obtained ‘brought Ram Kumar son recorded his statement. agriculturist by returning back to alongwith his brother THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24605 Date of decision: Singh @ Binder VERSUS Haryana HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD . Pankaj Bali, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Paras Talwar, Sr. DAG, Haryana ***** BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The instant first petition has been filed Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for case bearing FIR No.19 dated 17.01.2019 149, 302, 392, 420, 216, 120-B of of the Arms Act, 1959 at Police Brief facts of the present case information was received from Amritdhara arrival of Vikas alias Pintu son of Randhir Upon this information, Jasmer Singh Subhash Chand and ASI Karambir brought dead’ rukka and MLR son of Singh Ram, resident of Dadupur statement. As per version of profession and on 17.01.2019 at to his village Dadupur from Radha brother Randhir Singh in Duster PUNJAB & HARYANA CHANDIGARH 24605-2026(O&M) decision: 07.05.2026 ...Petitioner ...Respondent VINOD S. BHARDWAJ petitioner. Haryana. filed under Section 483 of the grant of regular bail to the 17.01.2019 registered under of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Police Station Taraori, District are that on 17.01.2019, a Amritdhara Hospital, Karnal Randhir Singh in the hospital in Singh alongwith SI Raghubir Karambir Singh reached the hospital and at the emergency gate, Dadupur Khurd, P.S. Taraori got the complainant, he is an at about 11:00 A.M., he was Radha Swami Satsang, Taraori, Duster Car No. HR-05A-8832 and SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.05.08 10:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 2 220 CRM-M-24605-2026(O&M) when they reached in front of Green Valley Punjabi Dhaba, GT Road, Shamgarh, Modern Dairy Gate, then he saw that his nephew Vikas alias Pintu was sitting in his Swift car No.HR-05AS-6241. In the meantime, two cars came from the side of Shamgarh and stopped at the spot. In one white Creta car bearing No. HR-14N-5647, Jabra, Krishan and Sunny were present, who came out of the car with weapons in their hands and started firing gunshots upon his nephew Vikas alias Pintu. In another car Jachak, Dalbir, Manjeet Singh and Pawan were present and they said that day that Vikas alias Pintu should not be spared and should be done to death so that a lesson is taught to Naresh. Thereafter, the assailants fled towards Taraori in their vehicles, however Creta car got stuck in the mud and therefore, Jabra, Krishan and Sunny got down from the car and fled away on Activa, which they had snatched from a passerby. Due to anxiousness, the complainant could not note down the number of the other vehicle. Thereafter, police came on the spot and with their help, Vikas was taken to Amritdhara hospital, where the doctor declared Vikas to be dead. The aforesaid assailants had earlier attacked upon his brother's son-in-law Naresh and also killed Naresh's brother Suresh. On account of that, the assailants murdered his nephew Vikas. Thus, the present FIR has been got registered. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been residing in USA since July 2017 and was never present in India. He further contends that as per the investigation conducted by the respondent/investigating agency, the petitioner is alleged to have paid money in cash to somebody whereas, there was no occasion for the petitioner to have paid the money to the accused persons for purchase of SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.05.08 10:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 3 220 CRM-M-24605-2026(O&M) weapons. The passport details clearly show that the petitioner was not in India as on the date when the offence in question was committed. He returned only in December 2025 and was immediately taken in custody. He further contends that other co-accused are already on bail and no recovery of any nature whatsoever has been effected from the petitioner. It is further contended that there are total 62 witnesses cited by the prosecution out of which 07 have been examined so far and as such, the trial shall take long in its conclusion. 4. Learned State Counsel does not dispute the facts as noticed above. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective parties and have gone through the documents appended along with the present petition. 6. Without commenting on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the undisputed facts noticed as above and considering that there would be arguable issues with respect to the role and involvement of the petitioner in the present case coupled with the fact that only 07 out of 62 witnesses have been examined so far, hence, conclusion of trial shall take long, I deem it appropriate to allow the present petition. 7. The instant petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing requisite bail bond/surety bond to the satisfaction of the trial Court/Duty Magistrate, concerned. 8. It is made clear that the petitioner shall not extend any threat and shall not influence any prosecution witnesses in any manner directly or indirectly. SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.05.08 10:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 4 220 CRM-M-24605-2026(O&M) 9. The observation made hereinabove shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case and the Trial Court shall decide the case on the basis of available material. 10. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. 07.05.2026 (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) Sumit Gusain JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.05.08 10:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document