RAJINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

104 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33700-2026 Date of Decision : 30.06.2026 RAJINDER SINGH ........Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ........Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Amit Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Arora, DAG Punjab. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (corresponding under Section 438 Cr.P.C.) for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.09 dated 31.01.2026 registered under Sections 310(2) BNS/395 IPC, 140(3)BNS/365 IPC, 126(2)BNS/339 IPC, 304 BNS and 317(2) BNS/411 of the IPC at Police Station Sadar Morinda, District Rupnagar. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not named in the FIR and, further, that the tractor of the complainant has been recovered at the instance of the co-accused Gurpreet Singh. Hence, the petitioner, who is ready to join the investigation, should be granted the benefit of anticipatory bail. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent submits that it is a case where vehicles used to be stolen after t