MANPREET RAM vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-9544-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 210 CRM-M-9544-2026 (O&M). Date of Decision: 13.05.2026. Manpreet Ram ....Petitioner. VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent. **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Ishant Arora, Advocate for Mr. Mohit Sadana, Advocate 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 District petitioner(s) No. Station Manpreet Ram 300 01.12.2025 318(4), 336(3), Patran Patiala 340(2) of BNS 2. On 19.02.2026, following order was recorded:- “This petition for grant of anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS, has been filed by petitioner, an accused in case bearing FIR No.300 dated 01.12.2025 registered against him at Police Station Patran, District Patiala, for the commission of offences punishable u/s 318(4), 336(3), 340(2) of BNS. Learned counsel for the petitioner