JAGSIR SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-17264-2026 1 211 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-17264-2026 Jagsir Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 05, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 05, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Balraj Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present second petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.35 dated 28.01.2026, under Sections 420/120-B of IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.8, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana, Punjab. 2. On 01.04.2026, the following order was passed: “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No. 35 dated 28.01.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420/120-B of IPC 1860 (Replaced with 318(4)/61(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023), at P.S Division No.8, District Punjab Police Commissionerate Ludhiana; the petitioner has preferred this second petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Counsel for t