MANPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-27245-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 232 CRM-M-27245-2026 Date of decision: 19th May, 2026 Manpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Amandeep Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Roshandeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 65 dated 24.06.2025 registered under Section 61 of Punjab Excise Act, 2014, Sections 123 and 62 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Bhindi Saidan, Police District Amritsar Rural, District Amritsar. 2. As per the allegations, on 24.06.2025, on receipt of a secret information to the effect that the petitioner along with co-accused Dilbagh Singh, Onkar Singh, and Bau Singh was engaged in the business of sale of illicit liquor and could be apprehended with a huge quantity of the same, if a raid was conducted, a raiding party was formed, which reached at the informed place. Four persons who