PARDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-21966-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (239) CRM-M-21966-2026 (O&M) Date of decision :16.07.2026 PARDEEP SINGH ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Arnav Sood, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab **** MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant one is the second petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.63 dated 06.05.2025 registered under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 351(3), 191(3), 190 and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) (Section 118(2) of BNS added later on) at Police Station Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. His previous petition bearing CRM-M-12024-2026 had been dismissed as withdrawn on 11.03.2026. 2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by the complainant Jaswant Gir alleging therein that on 28.04.2025, he alongwith his friend Suraj was standing near Sheetla Mata Mandir of his village, when the present petitioner accompanied by the co-accused reached ther