BEANT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

101 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.33467 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision:-22.06.2026 Beant Singh …..Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Present:- Mr. Sukhmeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J. (ORAL) Prayer in the present petition preferred by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short the “BNSS”) is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.130 dated 18.03.2026 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC [Sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3) and 340(2) of the BNS, 2023] registered at Police Station City Faridkot, District Faridkot. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that he appeared as a surety in 10 different cases, the details of which are given in the reply and furnished his surety bonds along with an affidavit stating that he had never stood surety earlier on the basis of the property submitted whereas, in each case, the same land was shown to be under the ownership of the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated and that the authoriti