KAMAL KANT vs STATE OF HARYANA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (219) CRM-M-16001-2026(O&M) DATE OF DECISION:12.05.2026 Kamal Kant ........Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana .........Respondent CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.Rahul Dahiya Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Surender Singh Pannu, Addl. AG, Haryana. *** SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL) 1. This is the first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in a case bearing FIR No.224 dated 05.09.2025 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338 and 340(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short – ‘the BNS’), registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Jind. 2. Allegations qua the present petitioner are that he committed cheating and forgery by selling a ‘Thar’ vehicle by impersonating as its owner, namely ‘Shabh Ram’. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner on the following grounds: i. That the petitioner was not named in the FIR; MAMTA 2026.05.30 12:56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-16001-2026(O&M) 2 ii. That th