CRM-M- IN 213 Rajesh Vers State of Ha CORAM: Present: AARADHN 1. 20.09.2025 351(3) of B present peti 2. noticed her Tupe-IV, R complaint purchase m Chowk. H Around 6 -62128-2025 -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJA CHANDIGA Versus of Haryana AM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE AA Mr. Ankit Yadav, Advocate fo Mr. Vishal Singh, AAG, Harya **** ADHNA SAWHNEY, J. (Oral) Petitioner, who is an accuse .2025, registered against him under S of BNS, at Police Station Sector-65 nt petition for grant of anticipatory bai Relevant facts as emerging fr ed hereinbelow:- Chirag Saini, son of Virendra V, RTC IRB, Gurugram, set crim int pointing therein that on 16.9. se medicines for his mother. Th He halted the car, when suddenl d 6-7 persons got out from the said 1- PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT DIGARH CRM-M-62128-2025 Date of Decision: 11.02.2026 …Petitioner. …Respondent. CE AARADHNA SAWHNEY. cate for the petitioner. , Haryana. accused in case FIR No. 344 date nder Sections 115, 190, 191(2), 309(6 65, District Gurugram, has filed th ory bail. ging from the documents on record b ndra Kumar, resident of Flat No. 1 criminal law in motion by filing 6.9.2025 he had gone to market There was a traffic jam at CRP denly a car hit his car from behin said car and pulled him out from h .2026 dated 309(6), filed the cord be o. 11, ling a ket to CRPF ehind. m his GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- car. Befor liquor bott escape but He (c) intim helpline (1 police offic chased the specifically criminals, tolas and s PRO Max) On accoun Scan. Ext catch hold against the 344 dated 191(2), 30 Gurugram of incident 21.9.2025, which he Ankit, Vin aware of th sped away maternal u -62128-2025 -2 efore he could react, these person bottles, knives etc. unleashed an a but all the assailants threatened to intimated his father Shri Virendra K e (112) and PCR arrived. While he officials, the said vehicle again cam them but could not catch hold cally pointed out that the assaila als, who after assaulting him broke nd snatched it away along with hi ax). He was rushed to the hospit ount of head injuries, the treating D Extremely terrified, complainant hold of the assailants and also t them. On the basis of said compl ted 20.09.2025, was registered aga , 309(6), 351(3) of BNS, at Po ram. During the course of investiga cident was prepared. Statements o 2025, complainant gave supplement h he identified the assailants as San t, Vinay and Rajesh (present petition e of the registration number of the ve away also found out that the same is rnal uncle of Sanju @ Sanjay. 2- ersons, who were armed with stick an attack. Somehow, he managed d to kill him on any given opportunit ra Kumar, who called up at the polic le he was narrating the incident to th came to the spot. PCR immediate old of the assailants. Complaina sailants appeared to be hard co roke his gold chain weighing about th his mobile phone (make Apple 1 spital, where first aid was provide ng Doctor advised him to undergo C ant requested the police officials lso initiate appropriate proceeding omplaint, a formal case vide FIR N against him under Sections 115, 19 Police Station Sector-65, Distri vestigation, rough site plan of the plac ents of witnesses were recorded. O lementary statement, in pursuance o as Sanjay, Rana, Praveen alias Rad etitioner). Police authorities who we the vehicle in which the assailants ha is registered in the name of Soha . During the further course o sticks, ged to tunity. police to the iately ainant core bout 3 ple 16 vided. go CT als to ings R No. , 190, istrict he place ed. On ance of s Radu, ho were ants had Sohan, urse of GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- investigatio nature of i “Simple” 24.10.2025 he got reco accused we cousin brot the supple statements with other from behin his valuable grant of Additional Aggrieved 3. who was n supplement after 5 day Further, un the facts h Continuing portrayed i admitted), i at the spur -62128-2025 -3 tigation, the opinion of treating Doct e of injuries suffered by the compla ple” in nature. Co-accused Prave .2025. During interrogation, apart fro t recovered snatched mobile phone a sed were also arrested except for the p in brother of co-accused Sanju. The supplementary statement of complai ments of the accused who were arrest other assailants/co-accused who all af behind had mercilessly assaulted co aluables. Apprehending his arrest, peti t of pre-arrest bail. The same cam tional Sessions Judge, Gurugram ieved of the same, the present petition Learned counsel for the petiti was not named in the FIR and has lementary statement of the complainan 5 days of the incident, has been false er, unexplained delay of 4 days in lo acts have been twisted and coloure inuing further, learned counsel conten ayed in the FIR are taken to be true tted), it is apparent that the incident wa e spur of moment. False allegations 3- Doctor was sought with regard to th omplainant, which were opined to b Praveen @ Radu was arrested o art from confessing to his involvemen one and Rs.350/-. Similarly, the oth r the present petitioner, who is matern e name of petitioner cropped up omplainant as also in the disclosu arrested. Petitioner was present alon all after hitting the car of complaina complainant and had also snatche t, petitioner moved an application fo e came to be dismissed by learne gram, vide order dated 4.10.202 etition has been filed for grant of bail. petitioner contends that the petitione d has been nominated on the basis o plainant recorded by the police officia n falsely implicated in the present cas s in lodging the FIR itself suggests th oloured version has been introduce contends that even if the allegations a e true, at their face value (though n ent was not pre-meditated and occurre ations of snatching his valuables hav d to the d to be sted on vement, he other aternal ed up in sclosure nt along plainant natched tion for learned 2025. f bail. titioner, basis of officials nt case. ests that oduced. tions as ugh not ccurred les have GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- been levelle grave. Tow not needed him, but be investigatio allowing th 4. State couns on 17.9.202 course of i No. HR-26 registered maternal un related to a Learned St which the p and Parvee is registere suffered 12 factual scen of exceptio this extraor prayed for. 5. documents -62128-2025 -4 levelled by the complainant only with Towards the end, learned counsel c ded for custodial interrogation as but being a law abiding citizen, he (P tigation as and when called by the ing the petition has been made. Per contra, while opposing the counsel submits that immediately afte 7.9.2025. After verifying the facts, th se of investigation, the CCTV footage 26-BD-2375 was seen speeding tered in the name of Sohan, who as rnal uncle of co-accused Sanju. In f ed to aforesaid Sanju against whom as ned State counsel has also referred to h the past antecedents of other accused arveen have been highlighted. Thoug istered against the petitioner. In the red 12 injuries on his person, learned al scenario of the case in hand, petitio ceptional depravity or hardship in his xtraordinary relief of pre-arrest bail. d for. Heard learned counsel for th ments on record. 4- y with a view to make the incident mo unsel contends that though petitioner on as nothing is to be recovered fro , he (P) is ready and willing to join th y the Investigating Officer. Prayer fo ing the request for grant of bail, learne ly after the incident, a DDR was lodge cts, the FIR was registered. During th footage was collected in which vehic eding from the spot. The vehicle ho as pointed in the status report . In fact, the present petitioner is als hom as many as 16 FIRs are registere rred to para 13 of the status report ccused, namely, Ravinder, Ankit, Vina Though, he admits that no criminal cas In the light of the fact that complaina arned State counsel contends that in th petitioner has failed to make out a cas in his favour entitling him the grant o bail. Dismissal of the petition has bee for the parties and have perused th nt more tioner is ed from join the ayer for learned s lodged ring the vehicle hicle is , is r is also gistered. eport in t, Vinay nal case plainant at in the a case grant of as been sed the GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- 6. the counse Supreme C application 7. The State Supreme C ought not t 8. the role pla in para 2 o mother wh Chowk. W was hit from the said ve were arme managed to police help who were officials ch that the po the site and when CCT came to be part of the -62128-2025 -5 Before expressing any opinio ounsels, it would be appropriate to r eme Court, wherein the factors to be k ion for grant of anticipatory bail, ha In Nikita Jagganath Shetty @ tate of Maharashtra and another, eme Court held that “Anticipatory ba not to be granted in a routine manne Factual aspects of the case lead ole played by the petitioner in the enti ra 2 of this order. Complainant was er when on account of traffic jam, While at the Chowk, a car hit into hit from behind. Instead of apologizin aid vehicle came out, dragged compla armed with sticks, rods, liquor bott ged to escape and informed his famil e helpline. While he was narrating th were in the PCR, the said vehicle ag ials chased the vehicle but were unabl the police officials were intimated tim ite and also chased the car in which all CCTV cameras were looked into to be known. It is, thus, evident tha of the complainant to intimate the pol 5- opinion on submissions raised by bo te to refer to the judgment of Hon’b o be kept in mind while dealing with a ail, have been discussed. etty @ Nikita Vishwajeet Jadhav v her, 2025 AIR SC 3375, the Hon’b ry bail is an exceptional remedy an nner.” se leading to the lodging of the FIR an he entire incident have been highlighte t was going to fetch medicines for h jam, he halted his car at the CRP hit into his car from behind. His vehic ogizing, 6-7 persons who were sitting omplainant and thrashed him. They a bottles etc. Complainant someho family members. His father called th ting the incident to the police officia icle again returned at the spot. Polic unable to apprehend it. It is, thus, cle timely, they immediately arrived ich all the assailants were sitting. Lat into the registration number of the ent that there has been no delay on th he police officials. Whatever delay ha by both Hon’ble with an av vs. Hon’ble and and hlighted for his CRPF vehicle itting in They all mehow lled the officials Police us, clear rived at g. Later the car y on the elay has GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- occurred in complainan 9. counsel, co Court is of exceptional ordinary re 10. 11.02.2026 gbs -62128-2025 -6 rred in lodging the FIR, it is at the e lainant cannot be made to suffer. Thus, agreeing with the subm sel, considering the role played by t t is of the opinion that petitioner has n ptional depravity or hardship in his ary relief of grant of pre-arrest bail. The petition being devoid of a .2026 Whether Speaking/reasoned Whether Reportable 6- t the end of police officials, for whic submission advanced by learned Sta d by the petitioner in the incident, th r has not been able to make out a case o in his favour entitling him this ext id of any merit is hereby dismissed. (AARADHNA SAWHNEY) JUDGE : Yes/No : Yes/No r which ed State ent, the case of is extra NEY) GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.18 14:11 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document