NIRMAL MASIH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 104 CRM-M-28076-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2026 Nirmal Masih ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS State of Punjab ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Bikram Jit Singh Randhawa, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG Punjab. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. This first petition has been filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.100 dated 15.09.2025 registered under Sections 109, 115(2), 118(1), 191(3), 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 117(2), 118(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 at Police Station Ghanie Ke Bangar, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur. 2. Status report by way of affidavit dated 25.05.2026 on behalf of respondent(s)-State has been filed by the learned State counsel today in the Court and the same is taken on record. Copy thereof has been furnished to the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. As per the case of the prosecution, on 13.09.2025 at about 8:00 p.m., the complainant was standing in the street outside his house and was brushing his teeth. A