NISHAN SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

112 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-5446-2026 Date of decision: 11.05.2026 NISHAN SINGH ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Ms. Amarjeet Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Sukhbir Maandi, Advocate for the petitioner. **** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India for issuance of directions to respondent No.2 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner and his family members at the hands of private respondents, who are involved in FIR bearing No.77 dated 02.04.2026 registered under Sections 333, 324(4), 115(2), 118(1), 298, 193(3), 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Beas, District Amritsar (Rural), as the private respondents are continuously extending threats of life to the petitioner and his family members and to decide the representation dated 07.04.2026 (Annexure P-3). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner and his family are apprehending threat to their life at the hands of private respondents, who are accused in aforementioned FIR. In this regard, the petitione