KARAN @ KARANU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-11485-2026 1 2026:PHHC:080334 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 220 CRM-M-11485-2026 Date of decision: 21.05.2026 KARAN @ KARANU ....Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Amtaj Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG, Punjab. 2k 2k 2 2 RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 302 dated 04.11.2024 registered under Sections 103, 115(2), 351(3), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (Section 238 BNS added while framing of charges) at Police Station Patran, District Patiala. 2. Brief facts of the present case as per the prosecution are that on 01.11.2024, a quarrel took place when Bajir Ram, father of the complainant, objected to accused Monu for bursting crackers near his motorcycle. Feeling offended, accused Monu along with the present petitioner and other co- accused persons allegedly assaulted Bajir Ram and the complainant’s brother with deadly weap