PAWAN KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-24402-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (214) CRM-M-24402-2026(O&M) Date of decision :17.07.2026 PAWAN KUMAR ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Neeraj Poswal, AAG, Haryana Mr. Vinay Kumar Pandey, Advocate for the complainant **** MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.64 dated 31.01.2025 registered under Sections 420, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of IPC at Police Station Shahabad, District Kurukshetra. 2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by complainant-Sanjeev Kumar and forwarded by Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, alleging that the petitioner who was elected as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Kharindwa, District Kurukshetra had used a false and fabricated matriculation examination certificate and mark-sheet though he had not cleared such examination. It was also alleged against him that he had sworn an