MANPREET SINGH ALIAS MANNI ALIAS MANPREET SINGH AUJLA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.15786 of 2026 (O & M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 207 ***** CRM-M No.15786 of 2026 (O & M) Date of decision : 7.5.2026 Date of uploading : 8.5.2026 Manpreet Singh @ Manni @ Manpreet Singh Aujla ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Navdeep Jain, Advocate, for Mr. Sunny K. Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 1.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘CRM-14002-2026 For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed subject to all just exceptions. GD No.25 dated 20.02.2026 and MLR of petitioner and Bahadur Singh (Annexures P-3 and P-4) are taken on record. Main Case Petitioner, an accused in case FIR No.27 dated 17.02.2026, registered against him, for commission of offence punishable u/s 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 3(5) BNS, at Police Station Sandaur, District Malerkotla, has prayed for grant of pre-arrest bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. Unexplained delay of 5 days in lodging the FIR reflects upon the falsity of the case