PRATHAM SHARMA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 116 CRM-M-33161-2026 Date of decision: 17.07.2026 Date of uploading: 17.07.2026 Pratham Sharma ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Varun Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab with Mr. RPS Sandhu, DCP, Amritsar (Through V.C.). ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 230 dated 28.09.2019 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379-B, 411 & 34 of the IPC (Section 411 IPC added subsequently), at Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out by the petitioner in the present petition) is as follows:- “Statement by Anurag Sharma son of Sanjeev Sharma resident of house number 71, Rani Ka Bagh Amritsar stated that I am a resident of the above address and +2 student of DAV Public School. Today I was sitting in front of my friend Kartik Mahajan son of Sarvuday Mahajan resident of RRS Bhawan Rani Ka Bagh Amritsar and Pratham son of Naresh Kumar resident of 136-B Rani Ka Bagh