GEETU RAM TANWAR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-23681-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 102 CRM-M-23681-2026 Geetu Ram Tanwar ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana and another ....Respondents Date of decision: 20.05.2026 Date of Uploading : 20.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Hemant Bassi, Senior Advocate with Ms. Gursimran Kaur, Advocate and Ms. Saloni Chhabra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana. Mr. Shobhit Rapria, Advocate for respondent No.2-complainant. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition is the second attempt under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.90 dated 10.04.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 196(1) of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Sonepat City, District Sonepat, Haryana. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that a video clip containing objectionable remarks against a particular community was circulated on social media and the same became viral in the area. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner, while holding the post of Superintending