DESH RAJ vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRM-M-25074-2026 1 140 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-25074-2026 Desh Raj ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents Date of decision: May 25, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 25, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Talim Hussain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Additional AG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 for issuance of directions to respondents No.2 and 3 to present challan in the concerned Court of law, in FIR No.111 dated 08.04.2024, registered under Section 306 of the IPC, 1860, at Police Station Zirakpur, SAS Nagar, Mohali, District SAS Nagar, Mohali. 2. Learned State counsel has filed status report by way of an affidavit dated 23.05.2026, in the Court today, which is taken on record. Relevant of the said status report reads thus: “7. That the initial investigation in this case was carried out by ASI Pawan Kumar. The statements of the witnesses u/s 175 Cr.P.C. were recorded. On the spot site plan was prepared at the instance of the complainant. The hand writing / diary of the deceased was taken into police possessi