PARDEEP DALAL @ PARDEEP vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-33546-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 232 CRM-M-33546-2026 Date of Decision: 14.07.2026 PARDEEP DALAL @ PARDEEP ….PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA ... ….RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Ajay Ghangas, Advocate for the petitioner H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been filed for grant of regular bail under Section 483 of BNSS (erstwhile Section 439 Cr.P.C) in case FIR No.68 dated 20.03.2026 under Sections 318(4), 61 of BNS (420 and 120-B of IPC) registered at Police Station City Jhajjar. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner received an amount of ₹1.40 crore from the complainant on the assurance that he would secure the appointment of the complainant's daughter, Deepika, as a Member of the HPSC within one week to ten days. In acknowledgment of the receipt of the said amount, the petitioner allegedly executed a receipt bearing the signatures of all the persons present at the time of the transaction. However, neither was the complainant's daughter appointed as a Member of the HPSC nor was the amount returned to the complainant. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner