RAJANBIR SINGH @ SAHIL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-38055-2026 1 195 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-38055-2026 Rajanbir Singh @ Sahil ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: July 15, 2026 Date of Uploading: July 15, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Raghav Soni, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG Punjab. Mr. Sartaj Singh Gill, 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.94 dated 10.06.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 118(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (erstwhile Sections 324, 326 of the IPC), at Police Station Majitha, District Amritsar Rural. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the complainant, namely, Baldev Singh alleged that on 24.05.2026, the petitioner, Rajanbir Singh, armed with a datar, along with his mother – Tejinder Kaur, who was empty-handed, began demolishing the common passage with