SAMAR MOHAN RANGA vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-31372-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 104 CRM-M-31372-2026 Samar Mohan Ranga ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of decision: 17.07.2026 Date of Uploading : 18.07.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Vinod Ghai, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ritesh Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG 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.05 dated 24.03.2026 registered for offences punishable under Sections 13(1)(a) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Sections 316(5), 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 61(2) of BNS, 2023 at Police Station State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau, Panchkula. 2. As per the prosecution version, the FIR was lodged on the basis of a reference received from the Government of Haryana regarding serious financial irregularities in Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) and bank accounts of Municipal Corporation, Panchkula maintained with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Sector-11, Panchkula. As per the allegations, the Munic