PAWAN KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

105 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-38280 of 2026 Date of Decision: 16.07.2026 Pawan Kumar ... Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent(s) CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh. Present: Mr. Piyush Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Surya Partap Singh, J. 1. This petition for anticipatory bail is the first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No. 78 dated 08.06.2026, for the commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 109, 115(2) & 3(5) of ‘the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023’ and Section(s) 25 & 27 of ‘the Arms Act, 1959’, Police Station Arniwala, District Fazilka, Punjab. 2. The FIR of this case came into being at the instance of ‘ASI Ramesh Kumar’, hereinafter being referred to as “complainant” only. It was stated by the above named complainant that on 07.06.2026 at about 09:30 P.M., in response to a call received from Helpline No. 112, he along with ‘Home Guard Baljinder Singh’ went to ‘Gang Canal Road’ where they spotted an ‘Innova