JITENDER KUMAR @ JITENDER @ JITU vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

1 CRA-S-1483-2026 137 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRA-S-1483-2026 Jitender Kumar @ Jitender @ Jitu ….Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ….Respondents Date of Decision: July 14, 2026 Date of Uploading: July 14, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Govind Mor, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Gautam Kaile, DAG Haryana. None for respondent No.2. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present appeal has been filed under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘SC/ST Act’) for grant of regular bail to the appellant, in case bearing FIR No.240 dated 17.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 190, 191(3) of the BNS, 2023 and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 (Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act added later on), at Police Station HTM Hisar, District Hisar. 2. The gravamen of the allegations against the appellant is that complainant, namely, Sheela Devi, stated that on 16.04.2025, her younger son, Akash @ Bachi had left home on his motorcycle along with a friend but did not return. On 17.04.2025, at about 4:00 a.m., she received information that Akash's d