JAGWINDER SINGH CHEEMA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-27529-2026 -1- 207 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27529-2026 Date of Decision: 14.07.2026 Jagwinder Singh Cheema …Petitioner vs. State of Punjab and another …Respondents Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. Karan Raj Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Amit Rana, Sr. DAG, Punjab. *** N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Section 438 of Cr.P.C.) with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to him in case FIR No.164 dated 28.12.2024, registered under Sections 406, 420 of IPC (Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS), at Police Station Urban Estate, Patiala, District Patiala. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance of the order dated 14.05.2026, passed by this Court, the petitioner had deposited a sum of Rs.1.50 lacs with the Court of Area Magistrate/trial Court and has joined the investigation. 3. Learned State counsel has submitted that the petitioner has joined the investigation and is no longer required for further investigation. 4. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the parties, the present petiti