AKASHDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-15217-2026 1 213 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-15217-2026 Akashdeep Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.34 dated 09.02.2026, registered for offences punishable under Sections 125(2), 115(2), 118(2), 3/5 of the BNS, 2023 (corresponding Sections 337/ 326/ 323/ 34 of IPC), at Police Station Lopoke, Amritsar. 2. On 19.03.2026, the following order was passed: “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.34 dated 09.02.2026, registered for offences punishable under Sections 125(2), 115(2), 118(2), 3/5 of the BNS, 2023 (corresponding Sections 337/ 326/ 323/ 34 of IPC), at Police Station Lopoke, Amritsar; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. I