ASHOK KUMAR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

142-1 &2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 26.05.2026 1. CRM-M-9906-2026 ASHOK KUMAR AND ANOTHER ...PETITIONERS V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS 2. CRM-M-13884-2026 MANPREET AND OTHERS ...PETITIONERS V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. M.S. Dhami, Advocate for the petitioners in CRM-M-13884-2026 and for respondents No.2 in CRM-M-9906-2026. Mr. Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab. Ms. Parminder Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Parambir Singh, Advocate for the petitioners in CRM-M-9906-2026 and for the respondents No.2 and 3 in CRM-M-13884-2026. **** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (ORAL) 1. By way of a common order, this Court shall decide both the petitions as these are version and cross version cases. For the sake of brevity, MANISHA 2026.05.28 13:35 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-9906-2026 2 & 01 connected case facts are borrowed from CRM-M-9906-2026 titled as ‘Ashok Kumar and another vs. State of Punjab and another’. 2. These petitions have been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) for quashing of General Diary No.