SUNIL KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA

2026:PHHC:094692 CRM-M-36357-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 238 CRM-M-36357-2026 Date of decision : 13.07.2026 SUNIL KUMAR ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF HARYANA ... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Ms. Aarti Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AAG, Haryana. sR H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 439 Cr.P.C.) seeking regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 158 dated 27.02.2025, registered under Sections 302, 346 and 201 IPC (now Sections 103(1), 127(6) and 238(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) at Police Station Sadar Karnal, District Karnal. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner initially lodged a missing report stating that his wife, Sunita, had gone missing. During the course of investigation, a complaint was also made by the victim's brother alleging that the petitioner had been subjecting his sister to cruelty and he suspected the petitioner of having wrongfully confined her. During investigation, the petitioner made a disclosure statement admitting that, following a domestic altercation, he took hi