MANPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-22197-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217 CRM-M-22197-2026 Date of decision: 6th May, 2026 Manpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. Ramandeep Kaur Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Roshandeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate for the complainant. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 60 dated 18.03.2026 registered under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 351(2), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (Section 304 of BNS added later on) at Police Station City Moga, District Moga. 2. The aforementioned FIR has been registered on the basis of statement record by the complainant Maninder Singh, alleging that on 11.03.2026, he was going towards his house after attending a Kisan Union meeting and while on the way, he found that Bakshish Singh, Satpal Singh, Avtar Singh and Goldy were standing with their motor bikes alongwith two u