KAVAYA RANA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-19977-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 105 CRM-M-19977-2026 Kavaya Rana ....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. J.S. Dadwal, 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.0159 dated 08.10.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 336, 324(4), 3(5) of BNS and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 125, 249, 253, 61(2), 191(3), 190 of BNS Act (added later on) and Section 336 of BNS 2023 (deleted later on) at Police Station Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. 2. The prosecution case, as emanating from the FIR, is that the complainant Dara Ram, who runs a medical store in village Bora, stated that on 08.10.2025 at about 08:30 PM, three unknown persons arrived on a motorcycle and stopped in front of his shop. One of them, with his face muffled,