MAHENDER YADAV vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-3492-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 208 CRM-M-3492-2026 (O&M). Date of Decision: 20.05.2026. Mahender Yadav ....Petitioner. VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent. **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, DAG, Punjab. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name of FIR Date Section(s) Police Station District petitioner No. Mahender 66 26.06.2025 303(2), 318(4), 341(2), Sadar, Rajpura Patiala Yadav 61(2) of BNS, 2023. 2. On 22.01.2026, following order was passed:- “1. xxx 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the security officer, namely Rabender Kumar, is a co-accused in the present case and has already been granted the concession of interim anticipatory bail by this Court, vide order dated 17.10.2025 passed in CRM-M-58811- 2025 (Annexure P-3), on the ground that the aforesaid co-accused had no ro