MANDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-12195-2026 1 209 (1st case) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-12195-2026 Mandeep Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 05, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 05, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.14 dated 04.03.2024, registered under Sections 326, 325, 324, 323, 34 of the IPC, 1860 (Section 201 of IPC added later on), at Police Station Rangar Nangal Batala, District Batala (Gurdaspur). 2. On 01.04.2026, the following order was passed: “Short reply dated 31.03.2026 in the form of an affidavit of Dr. Mehtab Singh, IPS, Senior Superintendent of Police, Police District Batala has been filed on behalf of respondent-State. The same be taken on record. Inter alia contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in question; assuming arguendo, the prosecution version is taken to be cor