Sujal v. State Of Haryana And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-49387-2024 Date of decision: January 7th, 2025 Sujal .....Petitioner

Versus

State of Haryana and others .....Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL

Present:

Mr. Manoj Pundir, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Advocate for the complainant.

MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J. (ORAL) Petitioner is seeking the concession of anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) in case FIR No.484 dated 19.06.2024 under Sections 148, 149, 323, 308, 506, 325, 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, registered at Police Station City Karnal.

2.

Vide order dated 03.10.2024, the petitioner had been granted interim anticipatory bail with direction to join investigation and the relevant part of the said order reads as under:- "Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that a perusal of the FIR in question, which has been annexed as Annexure P-1, reveals that the petitioner is not named therein nor is any role attributed to him much less by way of a whisper, rather the petitioner came to be nominated subsequently on the basis of a disclosure statement. It has still further been submitted that after the PUNEET SACHDEVA 2025.01.07 13:56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CRM-M-49387-2024 -2registration of the FIR, the parties have resolved all their disputes and arrived at a settlement vide compromise deed (Annexure P-2)."

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance of order dated 03.10.2024, the petitioner has joined investigation and cooperated with the investigating agency. 4.

Learned State counsel, on instructions, does not dispute the factum of the petitioner having joined investigation and cooperated with the investigating agency. He, on further instructions, submits that the petitioner is not required for further investigation much less for his custodial interrogation.

5.

In view of the above, the petition is allowed and interim order dated 03.10.2024, is made absolute subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) BNSS.

January 7th, 2025 (MANJARI NEHRU KAUL) Puneet JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes Whether reportable :

No PUNEET SACHDEVA 2025.01.07 13:56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh