RISHI DEV vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-31975-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 116 CRM-M-31975-2026 Rishi Dev ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of decision: 14.07.2026 Date of Uploading : 15.07.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Ashok K. Sharma (Bhana), Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gautam Kalie, DAG Haryana. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in FIR No.0019 dated 17.03.2026 registered for offences punishable under Sections 61 and 316(5) of BNS 2023 and Sections 13(1)(a) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 at Police Station City Kanina, District Mahendergarh. 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the present FIR came to be registered on the basis of a complaint made by the District Manager, HAFED, Narnaul. It has been alleged that a substantial quantity of mustard stock stored in the HAFED Complex at Unhani, Kanina, was found missing during physical verification. As per the official records, a large quantity of mustard seed and gunny bags ought to have been available in the ware