KIRTAN SINGH AND ANR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR

CRM-M No.23067 of 2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 211 CRM-M No.23067 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision :18.05.2026 Kirtan Singh and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and another ...... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr.Harpreet S. Rakhra, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. (Oral): 1. This is a petition for anticipatory bail, filed by the petitioners under Section 528 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’. It has been filed with regard to in a case arising out of FIR No.8 dated 23.02.2024, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 306 & 34 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(ii) and (v) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, hereinafter being referred to as ‘SC&ST Act’ only, Police Station Rureke Kalan, District Barnala. 2. This petition has been filed in the backdrop of the fact that with regard to above mentioned FIR an application for anticipatory bail was filed by the petitioners in the Court of Sessions. The above mentioned application was dismissed by the learned Special Judge, de