KULWANT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-37545-2026 1 209 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37545-2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 KULWANT SINGH ...Petitioner Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Narinder S. Lucky, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab. VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 41 dated 12.07.2023, initially registered under Sections 302, 307, 324 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (with Sections 323 and 326 IPC added later and Section 324 IPC deleted), corresponding to Sections 103, 109 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (with Sections 115(1) and 119 BNS added subsequently and Section 118 BNS deleted), registered at Police Station Rureke Kalan, District Barnala, during the pendency of the trial. 2. As per the prosecution case, the present FIR came to be registered on the statement of Gurpreet Singh, who stated that his father, Gurmel Singh, had been residing