AKASHDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 230 CRM-M No.27610 of 2026 Date of decision : 20.5.2026 Date of uploading : 20.5.2026 Akashdeep Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Ketan Chopra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab. --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.14 dated 20.1.2026 under Sections 310(4), 310(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Dakha, District Ludhiana Rural. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:- ‘SHO, Police Station Dakha, Jai Hind, Today, I ASI alongwith ASI Balvir Singh No. 756, ASI Gurnam Singh No. 592, CT Harmanjit Singh No. 234, LCT Gurpreet Kaur No. 267, PHG Buta Singh No. 29549, CT Lovepreet Singh No. 75/802, CT Lovepreet Singh No. 75/206, CT Gagandeep Singh No. 2/752 on government vehicle bearing no. PB 65 BG 8504 were present at Main Mullanpur Chowk for patrolling and in search