SUMIT KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M No.25869 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 229 ***** CRM-M No.25869 of 2026 Date of decision : 13.5.2026 Date of uploading : 13.5.2026 Sumit Kumar ………….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Dr. Rishi Pal Singh, Advocate and Mr. H.P. Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present second petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.91 dated 2.3.2026 under Sections 61(1)(a) of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, 318(4) of BNS, 2023 (Sections 61(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) of BNS and Section 4.20 of Excise Act added later on), registered at Police Station Sector 32-33, District Karnal. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:- ‘To station House officer Police Station Sector 32-33. Jai Hind today my self PSI along with constable 153/KNL and constable Vijay 1221/KNL by using the private vehicle for patrolling the crime in the area of Rada ASHWANI KUMAR 20