GOLU ALIAS PANKAJ vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (107) CRM-M-24337-2026 Golu @ Pankaj ……Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab ……Respondent(s) Decided on : 01.05.2026 Date of uploading: 01.05.2026 CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Shubham Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner (s). ***** Sumeet Goel, J. (Oral): 1. Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.0066 dated 05/09/2022 (Annexure:P-1), registered under Section 279, 308, 337,338 IPC (corresponding Section 281,110,125 BNS) and Section 61 of Punjab Excise Act, registered at Police Station Chamkaur Sahib, District Rupnagar; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. 2. Notice of motion. 3. On the strength of advance copy; Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab causes appearance on behalf of the respondent-State. 4. It is not in dispute before this Court that earlier the petitioner was extended the concession of anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 16.11.2022 passed in CRM-M-52791-2022 (Annexure P-2) and as per the pleaded cause of the petitioner, the need to file the petition in hand is arise on account of addition of Sections 3