DHARAMPREET SINGH ALIAS GAGGI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-25573-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 104 CRM-M-25573-2026 Date of decision: 6th May, 2026 Dharampreet Singh @ Gaggi ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Mudit Johar, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ruchika Sabherwal, Sr. DAG, Punjab. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 72 dated 17.07.2025 registered under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 221, 132, 351(1), 351(3), 133, 311, 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Hathur, District Ludhiana Rural. 2. The aforementioned FIR has been registered on the basis of the statement recorded by the complainant Tejinder Singh, alleging therein that he was working as a Conductor in Punjab Roadways at Jagraon. On the evening of 16.07.2025, he was performing duty in bus bearing Registration No. PB-10-HT-2619 which was going from Jagraon to Nihal Singh Wala via Rama, Chakar, Bilaspur. At Jagraon, one girl namely Pooja Kaur