DALVIR DASS ALIAS ASHOK vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-27357-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 108 CRM-M-27357-2026 Dalvir Dass @ Ashok ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of decision: 15.07.2026 Date of Uploading : 15.07.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Gurvesh Singh Khokhar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in FIR No.0072 dated 26.04.2026 registered for offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Barnala, District Barnala. 2. As per the prosecution case, the FIR in question emanates from a complaint submitted by the District Development and Panchayat Officer, Barnala alleging therein that the petitioner namely Dalvir Dass alias Ashok, had produced before the Court a forged communication purportedly issued by the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Barnala. The said communication dated 12.08.2025 was allegedly addressed to the Incharge, Police Post Handiaya, regarding FIR No.81 dated 05