GURDEEP SINGH @ KATIYA AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH 207 CRM-M-15715-2026 Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 GURDEEP SINGH @ KATIYA AND ANOTHER ... Petitioners VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY. **** Present: Mr. Kartik Gandhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab. **** AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail for the petitioners in FIR No.31 dated 06.02.2026 under Sections 305 and 331(4) of the BNS, 2023 (Sections 380 and 457 of IPC) registered at Police Station City Jagraon, District Ludhiana. 2. On 20.04.2026, this Court had passed the following order:- “Learned counsel submits that names of the petitioners have been surfaced based on the disclosure statement of co- accused who were juveniles and released on the same day. Even in the supplementary statement also, the petitioners have not been named by the complainant. There is no CCTV footage or any other evidence to connect them with either the alleged incident or the other three co-accused. They are not involved in any other case and ready & willing to join th