TANU ALIAS ISHANT vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-21090-2026 (O&M) 1 216 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-21090-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 TANU ALIAS ISHANT ... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA ... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Vaibhav Parashar, Advocate for the petitioner. Dr. Malvika Singh, D.A.G., Haryana. H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner is seeking regular bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) (Section 439 Cr.P.C.) in FIR No. 02 dated 02.01.2026 registered under Sections 318(4), 61(2) of BNS (earlier Sections 420, 120-B IPC) and Sections 3, 4 of the Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025 and Section 42(3) of the Telecommunication Act, 2023 at Police Station Cyber Crime, Kurukshetra. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 01.01.2026, PSI Ved Parkash received secret information that the petitioner along with co-accused persons was involved in illegal online gambling and operating fake websites to cheat the public by inducing them through WhatsApp and Telegram to invest money, initially giving small returns and later causing wrongful loss. A raiding team was constituted and during the raid at the