# ARVINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-10
Citation: CRM-M 32521/2026
Petitioner: ARVINDER SINGH
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

[Official PDF on Punjab and Haryana High Court website](https://livedb9010.phhc.gov.in/public/judgments/order-pdf?case_type=CRM-M&case_no=32521&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-07-10&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

1 CRM-M-32521-2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 208 CRM-M-32521-2026 (O&M) Reserved on: 08.07.2026 Pronounced on: 10.07.2026 Uploaded on: 10.07.2026 ARVINDER SINGH PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Argued by: Mr. Gopal Krishan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG Punjab. None for respondent No.2. *** Shalini Singh Nagpal, J. 1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No.31 dated 22.01.2026 under Sections 109, 118(1), 115(2), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (B.N.S.), 2023, Police Station Zirakpur, District SAS Nagar. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail. 2. Complainant Sahib Rana stated that he was running transport business along with his father and had employed Jeewan Singh s/o Harbhajan Singh as driver on his vehicle. Due to drug abuse by Jeewan Singh, he terminated his services eight months ago and did not pay his salary fearing that he would waste the money on drugs. On request of family of Jeewan Singh, he paid all his dues to his family after which Jeewan Singh started threatening them to pay his salary or to face dire consequences. O

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