MALKIT SINGH ALIAS RAJA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.27524 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 225 CRM-M No.27524 of 2026 Date of decision : 20.05.2026 Date of uploading : 20.05.2026 Malkit Singh @ Raja ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. J.S. Mahal, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab. SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.140 dated 12.9.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) and 333 of BNS, 2023 and Sections 25, 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (Sections 58, 61(2), 249 of BNS added later on), at Police Station Sadar Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that complainant, namely, Sarabjit Kaur reported that her husband, Kulwant Singh, earns his livelihood by plying an e-rickshaw. They have four children—two sons and two daughters. Their elder son, Gurjinder Singh alias Raja Buttar, is currently lodged in Central Jail, Hoshiarpur, in connection with a murder c