HARPAL SINGH ALIAS BHALLA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-37648-2026 1 212 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37648-2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 HARPAL SINGH ALIAS BHALLA ...Petitioner Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Aashish Bhagat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab. VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present third petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 0017 dated 02.03.2021, registered under Sections 302, 397 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 328, 201 and 120-B IPC (added later on), corresponding to Sections 103, 311, 3(5), 123, 238 and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Sadar Jagraon, District Ludhiana Rural, Punjab, during the pendency of trial. 2. As per the prosecution case, the present FIR was registered on the statement of Pardeep Singh, son of deceased Inderjit Singh @ Premi, who stated that his father was working as a driver with Hindraj Iron Scrap, Moga. On 01.03.2021, after unloading scrap at Mandi Gobin