BALKAR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.17159 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211 ***** CRM-M No.17159 of 2026 Date of decision : 18.5.2026 Date of uploading : 19.5.2026 Balkar Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rishu Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab Mr. Puneet Sharma, Advocate, for the complainant --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 30.3.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.51 dated 25.02.2026, registered for offences punishable under Sections 108, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 (corresponding Sections 306, 34 of IPC), at Police Station Bhikhi, District Mansa; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Inter alia contends that the petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased, the FIR in question, essentially, emanates from matrimonial wrangling; the offence under Section 108 of BNS (erstwhile Section 306 of IPC) is not made out from the factual matrix of the case in hand; no effective recovery is to be made from the petitioner; & the petitioner is willing to joi