GURPAL SINGH @ PALA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

2026:PHHC:076664 CRM-M-26664-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211 CRM-M-26664-2026 Date of decision : 15.05.2026 GURPAL SINGH @ PALA ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .. RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Harjot Singh Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sandeep Kumar, DAG, Punjab. oe KK H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking regular bail under Section 483 BNSS, 2023(erstwhile Section 439 Cr.P.C.), in case FIR No.26, dated 18.03.2023, under Sections 279, 353, 186, 506, 336 and 427 of IPC, 1860 (Sections 281, 132, 221, 351(2)(3), 125, 324(4) of BNS, 2023) and Sections 25(2), 27, 29, 54, 59 of the Arms Act, 1959, registered at Police Station Khilchian, District Amritsar Rural. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 18.03.2023, the petitioner and the co-accused(s) were travelling in separate vehicles as part of a rally and were signalled to stop by the police. However, the drivers of the said vehicles allegedly increased the speed and drove in a rash and negligent manner. They are alleged to have struck against the police barricades and have broken the same. It is also alleged t