BAHADUR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.16110 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 207/2 ***** CRM-M No.16110 of 2026 Date of decision : 7.5.2026 Date of uploading : 8.5.2026 Bahadur Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Navdeep Jain, Advocate, for Mr. Sunny K. Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 1.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Petitioner, an accused in case FIR No.27 dated 17.02.2026, registered against him, for commission of offence punishable u/s 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 3(5) BNS, at Police Station Sandaur, District Malerkotla, has prayed for grant of pre-arrest bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. Unexplained delay of 5 days in lodging the FIR reflects upon the falsity of the case set up by complainant and suggests that the facts have been concocted and a coloured version has been portrayed. Continuing further, learned counsel contends that in fact, the complainant party was the ‘Aggressor’, which fact is even apparent from a bare perusal of the FIR, as pe