GURPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.20869 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217 ***** CRM-M No.20869 of 2026 Date of decision : 11.5.2026 Date of uploading : 11.5.2026 Gurpreet Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Tanvi Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner (through VC) Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.36 dated 1.3.2024 under Sections 379-B, 411 and 34 of the IPC, registered at Police Station GRP, Ludhiana. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:- ‘Statement of Ranjit Singh S/o Shi Balwinder Singh resident of village Satoora, Police Station Pehewa, District Kurukshetra, age 26 years, M.No 82956-75669. Stated that I am Ranjit Singh, a resident of the above address. I have passed 12th class. I am domestic worker. about 01 month earlier, I have received a call on my mobile number 87083-25906 from unknown person ASHWANI KUMAR 2026.05.11 1