ADITYA KUMAR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (104) CRM-M-23366-2026 Aditya Kumar and others ……Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and another ……Respondent(s) Decided on : 14.05.2026 Date of uploading: 14.05.2026 CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rakesh Nehra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rahul Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner (s). Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Sushant Kareer, Advocate for respondent No.2. ***** Sumeet Goel, J. (Oral): 1. Apprehending their arrest in Complaint No. 74774 dated 17.02.2026, pending before Additional Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana; for offences under Sections 318(1), 316, 111(1), 351(1) of BNS, 2023; the petitioners have preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. 2 Learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit of Assistant Commissioner of Police (South), Police Commissionerate Ludhiana. The same be kept on record. Paragraph No.3 of the said affidavit reads thus: “3. That in compliance to the above noted order of this Hon'ble Court, it is respectfully submitted that the present petition has been rendered infructuous as the said Complaint