AJAY KUMAR RAJU AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-19248-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 218 CRM-M-19248-2026 Decided on: 11.05.2026 Ajay Kumar Raju and another …...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab …...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Rajiv Kumar Trikha, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Vinay Malhotra, DAG Punjab **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of FIR No. 0008 dated 09.01.2026, under Sections 115(2) and 118(1) of BNS (Section 117(2) of BNS was added later on), registered at Police Station Mehtiana, District Hoshiarpur. 2. On 08.04.2026, following order was passed: “(i) xx xx xx xx (ii) FIR registered at the instance of the complainant, Rajesh Kumar @ Fateh, is detailed as follows: “ On 22.12.2025 at about 4:00 P.M. I was at my house that the loud voices of striking at the main gate of our house were heard and when came near the main gate of our house then about 12 persons, the persons including women while standing there were exhorting me to come out. However, d