KAMALJIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24954-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 112 CRM-M-24954-2026 Kamaljit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of decision: 04.05.2026 Date of Uploading : 04.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Harshdeep Singh Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.38 dated 27.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 351(3), 118(2), 109 of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Nakodar, District Jalandhar. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that the FIR has been registered on the statement of complainant namely Bhupinder Singh, who alleged that on 26.04.2025 at about 3:30 PM, while he along with Sarpanch Rupinder Singh was present near Nakodar Bus Stand, the Kamaljit Singh (petitioner herein) arrived at the spot in a black Scorpio vehicle armed with a sickle-shaped sharp-edged weapon. It has been furthe