HARDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-24956-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211-2 CRM-M-24956-2026 Decided on: 14.07.2026 HARDEEP SINGH …...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER …...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Naveen Sheokand, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, DAG, Punjab. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name of FIR Date Section(s) Police District Petitioner (s) No. Station Hardeep 45 03.03.2026 331(3), 305 of BNS City Ludhiana Singh, aged [corresponding to sections Khanna about 40 454 and 380 of IPC) years 2. On 08.05.2026, following order was passed:- “1. xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, contends that allegations levelled in the FIR against the petitioner, pertaining to the commission of theft in the house of the complainant, namely Tejpal, are wholly false and baseless. It is submitted that petitioner has no connection, whatsoever with th