KANHAIYA ALIAS KHANIYA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-26489-2026 204 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-26489-2026 Kanhaiya Alias Khaniya ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent Date of Decision: 15.05.2026 Date of Uploading: 15.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Monty Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 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 bearing FIR No.27 dated 14.04.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 148, 149, 120-B of the IPC, 1860 (Sections 326 and 302 of IPC added later on), at Police Station Daresi, District Ludhiana. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the complainant, namely, Neelam Rani, mother of the deceased Ajay Kumar, stated that on 13.04.2024, she along with her son had gone towards Basti Jodhewal for some domestic work. Her son, Ajay Kumar, stopped their Activa scooter near Jodhewal Chowk on the roadside and proceeded to Basti Mani Singh, Gali No.2, to the house of co-accused, namely, Mohd. Sunain Ansari, to collect