JASWANT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

227 CRM-M-15719-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-15719-2026 Date of decision: 11.05.2026 JASWANT SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. H.S. Deol, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.37 dated 17.02.2026 registered under Sections 299, 351(2), 115(2), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Section 152 BNS added later on) at Police Station Nehianwala, District Bathinda. 2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that petitioner and other co-accused persons cut beard and hair of the complainant-Raghveer Singh with scissors and also inflicted injuries to him. The petitioner and other co-accused persons also unfurled the flag of khalistan and hurt the integrity and unity of the country. Hence, the present FIR. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He