# GURNAM SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-14
Citation: CRM-M 24487/2026
Petitioner: GURNAM SINGH
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB

[Official PDF on Punjab and Haryana High Court website](https://livedb9010.phhc.gov.in/public/judgments/order-pdf?case_type=CRM-M&case_no=24487&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-07-14&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

CRM-M-24487-2026 1 110 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24487-2026 Gurnam Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: July 14, 2026 Date of Uploading: July 14, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Neha Bindal, Advocate and Ms. Harjeet Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.05 dated 04.01.2026, under Sections 61, 1, 14 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, at Police Station City 1 Abohar, District Fazilka. 2. On 04.05.2026, the following order was passed: “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.05 dated 04.01.2026, registered under Sections 61, 1, 14 of the Punjab Excise Act 1914, at Police Station City 1, Abohar, District Fazilka; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner is a man aged 65 years with clean an

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