BALWINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (109) CRM-M-27925-2026 DATE OF DECISION: 18.05.2026 Balwinder Singh ........Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .........Respondent CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.Inderjit Singh Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab. *** SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL) 1. Through the instant petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’), the petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.0054 dated 03.04.2026 (Annexure P-1), under Section 329(3) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNS’) and Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, registered at Police Station Sadar Jalalabad, District Fazilka. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that there has been an inordinate and unexplained delay in the registration of the FIR; that the present case arises out of village friction, as civil litigation regarding demarcation of land, is already pending between the Gram Panchayat and the petitioner; that the allegations pertain only to alleged damage to a demarcation pillar and do not