PARGAT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-38319-2026 1 114 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-38319-2026 Pargat Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: July 16, 2026 Date of Uploading: July 16, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Tanvir Singh Attariwala, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. Mr. Kushagra Mahajan, Advocate for the complainant. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) (erstwhile Section 438 of the Cr. P.C.) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.67 dated 16.04.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103, 115(2), 351(2), 191(3), 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (Section 117(2) of the BNS added later on), at Police Station Ramdass, District Amritsar (Rual). 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the complainant, namely, Sukhmanpreet Singh, on 16.04.2026, at about 11:00 A.M., his father Dalbir Singh left for Awan Mandi, while the complainant, owing to MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.07.17 09:58 I att