ASHU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-9260-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 204 CRM-M-9260-2026 (O&M). Date of Decision: 14.05.2026. Ashu ....Petitioner. VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent. **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, 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 petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name of FIR Date Section(s) Police District petitioner(s) No. Station Ashu 129 24.09.2025 305, 115(2), 331(6), City-2 Fazilka 324(2), 191(3), 190 Abohar of BNS 2. On 17.02.2026, following order was recorded:- “1. xxx 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends, that present FIR is essentially a counter-blast to a criminal case registered at the instance of a relative of the petitioner, i.e. FIR No.125 dated 19.09.2025 under Sections 115(2), 331(6), 326, 351, 324(2), 191(3), and 190 of BNS at Police Station City-2, Abohar. Elaborating on the background, counsel subm