MANDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS

CRM-M-21434-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 207 CRM-M-21434-2026 MANDEEP SINGH ....PETITIONER V/s STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS ....RESPONDENTS Date of decision:20.05.2026 Date of uploading: 20.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. JPS Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for respondents No.3 and 4. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. ORAL 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.14 dated 05.04.2019, registered for offences punishable under Section 406 of IPC, at Police Station Women Bathinda, District Bathinda. 2. On 21.04.2026, the following order was passed:- “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.14 dated 05.04.2019, registered for offences punishable under Section 406 of IPC, at Police Station Women Bathinda, District Bathinda; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Inter alia contends that the FIR in question is a result of matrimonial wrangling; marriage between the petitioner and the FIR-complainant too