MUKESH KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRA-S-2052-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 CRA-S-2052-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 24.06.2026 Mukesh Kumar ....Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Raman Sihag, Advocate with Mr. Jagtar Kureel, Advocate and Mr. Neeraj Sansaniwal, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, DAG, Haryana. None for respondent No.2. HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the instant appeal is for setting-aside the order dated 29.05.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhiwani, vide which the concession of regular bail to the appellant has been declined. Further prayer has been made to grant the concession of regular bail to the appellant in FIR No.194 dated 12.12.2025 registered under Sections 96, 75(2), 137, 351(2), 3(5), 62, 140(3), 353(2), 239 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (in short ‘BNS, 2023’) (corresponding to Sections 366-A, 354-A, 361, 506, 34, 511, 364, 505 and 202 of IPC), Sections 8, 12, 21 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (in short ‘POCSO Act’) and Sections 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prev