# KULWANT SINGH ALIAS KANTU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-14
Citation: CRM-M 36725/2026
Petitioner: KULWANT SINGH ALIAS KANTU
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=36725&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-07-14&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

CRM-M-36725-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 267 CRM-M-36725-2026 Date of decision: 14.07.2026 KULWANT SINGH ALIAS KANTU ......PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ..... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Thind, DAG, Punjab. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. 1. This petition for bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. This petition has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.89 dated 22.04.2026 for the commission of offence punishable under Section 61 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, Police Station Mehatpur, District Jalandhar Rural. 2. Briefly stating the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being at the instance of ASI Amrik Lal, who stated that on 22.04.2026 at about 07:00 P.M. when he alongwith other police officials was on patrolling duty near Toll Plaza, Sangowal, a secret informer disclosed that ‘Kulwant Singh @ Kantu’ (the petitioner herein) and his wife ‘Rano’ were engaged in the business of selling illicit liquor, and that they had stored a hu

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