CRM-M-44759-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 232 CRM-M-44759-2026 Date of decision :18.08.2026 ARUN KUMAR ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF HARYANA .. RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Dr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Senior Advocate with Mr. Pratham Sethi, Advocate and Ms. Sandhya Gaur, Advocate for the petitioner. *** H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking grant of regular bail in case FIR No.354 dated 02.12.2024, registered under Sections 103(1), 190, 191(3), 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 25 of the Arms Act (Sections 287, 54 and 61 of BNS and Section 27 and 30 of the Arms Act, 1959 added later on), at Police Station Beri, District Jhajjar. 2. The case of the prosecution is that an altercation took place at a marriage function over the choice of songs being played by the DJ. It is alleged that following the said altercation, the main accused, namely Sanjay, along with 5-6 other persons, reached the spot armed with weapons. During the course of the occurrence, Sanjay allegedly fired a shot at Sachin, which proved fatal. It is further alleged that the accused persons thereafter fled from the spot in a Scorpio vehicle after abandoning their Swift car at the place of occurrence. RENU RAWAT 2026.08.19 16.35 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM-M-44759-2026 -2- On the statement of the complainant, the present FIR came to be registered. Although the present petitioner is alleged to have been present at the spot, he was not named in the FIR and no specific role or overt act has been attributed to him in the initial version. The petitioner was subsequently nominated during the course of investigation. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He contends that no firearm injury has been attributed to the petitioner and the allegation of firing the fatal shot is specifically against co-accused Sanjay. It is further submitted that the co-accused has already been granted concession of regular bail by this Court. The petitioner is in custody since 30.03.2025 and the petitioner deserves the concession of regular bail. 4. Notice of motion. 5. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Neeraj Sheoran, Sr. DAG,Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondent and vehemently opposes the prayer for grant of regular bail to the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner is in custody since 30.03.2025 and out of 41 prosecution witnesses, only 06 have been examined so far. 6. Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate appears and accepts notice on behalf of the complainant. He has filed his Vakalatnama in the Court and the same is taken on record. He has vehemently opposed the prayer made by ld. counsel for the petitioner. 7. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. RENU RAWAT 2026.08.19 16.35 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM-M-44759-2026 -3- 8. In view of the above submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts that the petitioner is in custody for the last more than 01 year; out of 41 prosecution witnesses, only 06 have been examined so far; co-accused has been granted concession of bail and the trial is likely to take a long time to conclude, therefore, this Court deems it appropriate to grant the concession of regular bail to the petitioner during the pendency of the trial as the continuous detention of the petitioner would not serve the ends of justice. 9. Therefore, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing requisite bail bonds, surety bonds to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court/Duty Magistrate/Chief Judicial Magistrate concerned. 10. However, it is made clear that in case the petitioner misuses the concession of bail, the State/complainant would be at liberty to seek cancellation of his bail. (H.S.GREWAL) 18.08.2026 JUDGE renu Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No RENU RAWAT 2026.08.19 16.35 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh