ISTAAK vs STATE OF HARYANA

In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh 107 CRM-M-28321-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision:- 29.05.2026 Istaak … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present:- Mr. Aezaz Ahmed, Advocate for the petitioner. (Through Video Conferencing) Mr. Karan Veer Singh, Sr. DAG, Haryana. ***** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.197 dated 26.12.2025 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 9, 39 and 51 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, registered at Police Station Bicchor, District Nuh. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that there is no authenticity regarding the alleged video and it is yet to be ascertained as to whether the same is genuine or AI-generated. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner has clean and clear antecedents, nothing is to be recovered from his possession and he is ready and willing to join the investig