HEERA SINGH ALIAS HIRA SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-19287-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.226 CRM-M-19287-2026 Date of Decision: 01.05.2026 HEERA SINGH ALIAS HIRA SINGH ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. H.S. Grewal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Wadhwa, DAG, Punjab. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. This is the first petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 Cr.P.C.) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 46 dated 31.03.2022, registered under Section 379-B IPC (Section 201 IPC added later on), corresponding to Sections 304 and 238 of the BNS, 2023, at Police Station Raja Sansi, District Amritsar Rural. 2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that on 30.03.2022, when the complainant was returning to her house on foot, the present petitioner along with co-accused, allegedly armed with deadly weapons, wrongfully restrained her and snatched a sum of Rs. 50,000/-. On the basis of these allegations, the present FIR was registered. It is further the case of the prosecution that such incidents of snatching are increasing and there is