MANIKARAN KUMAR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 105 CRM-M-33529 of 2026 Date of decision: 22.06.2026 MANIKARAN KUMAR AND ANR ...PETITIONERS VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Ajay Pal Singh Aulakh, Advocate for the petitioners. Dr. D.S. Lamba, Addl. A.G. Punjab. **** PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanihta 2023 (hereinafter referred as BNSS) by the petitioners seeking anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 93 dated 11.05.2026 (Annexure P-1), registered under Sections 303(2), 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 118(2), 191(3) and 190 of the Bhartiya Nayaya Sanihta 2023 (hereinafter referred as BNS) corresponding to Sections 379, 323, 324, 325, 326, 148 and 149 of the IPC respectively at Police Station Sadar Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that they have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is contended that only simple injuries have been attributed to the petitioners and that their alleged involvement does not attract the provisions of Sections 191(3) and 190 of the BNS. TARSEM