MANJIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-36910-2026 (O&M) 217(1) THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-36910-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 15.07.2026 MANJIT SINGH …Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent Coram: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal Present: Mr. D.S. Bhinder, Advocate, Mr. Navkiran Bajwa, Advocate, and Mr. S.S. Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG Punjab. *** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. 1. Petitioner seeks regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 217 dated 28.11.2025 under Sections 109, 124(1), 132, 121(1), 115(2), 118(1), 326(G), 125(A), 126(2), 221, 226, 190, 191(3), 195(1), 285, 287, 288, 324(3), 351(3), 62 and 57 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4 and 5 of Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Act, 2014, Police Station Sangrur District Sangrur. This is the first petition for regular bail. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was innocent and had been falsely implicated in the case on account of his association with workers’ union, being a conductor and participation in the protest organized by the union, for redressal of grievances and legitimate demands. It is argued that petitioner join