GURIQBAL SINGH @ KALA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

203 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH CRM-M-2063-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 14.07.2026 GURIQBAL SINGH @ KALA …Petitioner V/S STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Rajesh Bhateja, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG Punjab. Mr. Kartar Singh, Advocate for Mr. Amitoj Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the complainant. **** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. (Oral) 1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No. 0138 dated 26.12.2025 under Sections 118(1), 118(2), 115(2), 351(2), 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Mehna, District Moga. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail. 2. On 16.01.2026, following order was passed: “Learned counsel submits that a civil suit which has been filed by the petitioner against the complainant as they were throwing garbage and animal manure in the vacant plot, next to his house. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in the FIR, be that as it may, the injury has been attributed to him on non-vital part, it being the hand of the complainant. He refers to the pen drive to show that only fist blows were exchanged between both parties and petitioner was not ar