KULDEEP SINGH AND ANR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-30809-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 112 CRM-M-30809-2026(O&M) Decided on: 26.05.2026 KULDEEP SINGH AND ANOTHER …...Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab. **** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (Oral) 1. By way of present petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’), the petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.48 dated 24.04.2026 (Annexure P-1), under Section 61 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 registered at Police Station Sarai Amanat Khan, District Tarn Taran. 2. Allegations against the present petitioner are that on the basis of secret information a raid was conducted at the houses of the accused persons from where 07 drums containing ‘lahan’ were allegedly recovered from the houses of each petitioner, however the petitioners were not apprehended as they had fled from the spot. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case as the entire prosecution story suffers from serious