SHAHID vs STATE OF HARYANA

1 CRM-M-15419-2026 144 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-15419-2026 Shahid ….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …Respondent Date of Decision: May 29, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 29, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Shivam Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present third petition has been filed under Section 483 of the BNSS seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.357 dated 06.09.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 61(2)(a), 109(1), 351(2), 308(4), 111(1), 111(3), 111(4), 111(6) of the BNS, 2023 and Sections 25(1)(b)(a), 25(6), 25(1B)(c) and 27(1) of the Arms Act, 1959, at Police Station Pundri, District Kaithal. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that complainant, namely, Rajender Kumar, alleged that on 31.08.2024, he received a WhatsApp call from an international number, wherein the caller informed him that he had become a rich man and that the matter was to be settled with him. He did not disclose the incident to anyone. Thereafter, on 05.09.2024 at about 11:20 a.m., while he was at his house, two youths