MANISH KUMAR ALIAS MUNISH KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-12440-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.211 CRM-M-12440-2026 Date of Decision: 04.05.2026 MANISH KUMAR ALIAS MUNISH KUMAR ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. Nakul Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Wadhwa, DAG, Punjab. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. This is a petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 12 dated 27.01.2024, registered under Sections 302, 307, 325, 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC (corresponding to Sections 103, 109, 117(2), 115(2), 351(2)(3) & 3(5) of BNS, 2023) and Section 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib. 2. As per the prosecution version, on 26.01.2024, the complainant along with his maternal father-in-law Kulwinder Singh went to the shop of Harish Chhabra and Manish Chhabra at village Aulakh for settlement of pending freight charges. Upon reaching there, an altercation took place, during which Harish Chhabra allegedly started abusing them. In the meantime, co-accused Manish Chhabra, in a fit of rage, took out a