BALRAJ @ BALRAJ SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-26665-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 210 CRM-M-26665-2026 Date of decision: 15th July, 2026 Balraj @ Balraj Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Krishan Sharma Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- Through the instant petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 60 dated 18.03.2026 registered under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 351(2), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (Section 304 of BNS was added later on) at Police Station City Moga, District Moga. 2. Vide order dated 12.05.2026 passed by this Court, the petitioner was released on interim bail and was directed to join investigation. 3. Learned State counsel filed status report dated 06.07.2026. The same is taken on record. She further, on instructions, states that the petitioner joined the investigation on 16.05.2026. Though, it is, submitted that he has PARVEEN SHARMA 2026.07.17 16:54 I attest to the accu