SANDEEP KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

114 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-34957 of 2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 Sandeep Kumar ... Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent(s) CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh. Present: Mr. Harvinder Singh Mann, Advocate for Mr. Harnoon Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent. 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. 91 dated 07.08.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 333, 109, 18(1), 351(2), 61(2), 191(3) & 190 [Section 118(2) was added later on] of ‘the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023’/’the Indian Penal Code, 1860’ and Section 25 of ‘the Arms Act, 1959’, Police Station Bareta, District Mansa, Punjab. 2. Vide order dated 01.07.2026, the petitioner was admitted to interim anticipatory bail, subject to the condition of furnishing bonds to the satisfaction of arresting officer. It was also directed that the petitioner shall