LAKHWINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 201 CRA-S-1815-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 29.05.2026 Lakhwinder Singh ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS State of Punjab and another ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Ruchi Sekhri, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG Punjab. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Challenge in the present appeal is to the order 12.03.2026 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, whereby the application for grant of regular bail to the appellant has been dismissed in case arising out of FIR No.169 dated 25.07.2025 registered under Sections 108, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [Section 115(2) of BNS & Section 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act added later on] at Police Station Patran, District Patiala. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant contends that the present FIR was registered on the statement of complainant Malkit Singh recorded on 25.07.2025, wherein it was alleged that his son, Davinder Singh, who was employed as the driver of truck bearing registration No. PB- 11BA-8925, along with his friend Harpreet Singh, committed suicide on account of the c