NITIN RANA @ NITIN KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRA-S-1098 of 2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 208 CRA-S-1098-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 Nitin Rana @ Nitin Kumar ....Appellant Versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the appellant. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Ribhav Chadha, Advocate for the complainant. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL) 1. Present appeal is directed against the order dated 19.03.2026 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, dismissing the application of the appellant for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.31 dated 22.02.2026 registered under Section 115(1), 118(2), 127(1), 298 and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, at Police Station Maqsudan, District Jalandhar Rural. 2. The brief facts of the present case are that the petitioner, along with the co-accused persons, allegedly assaulted the complainant party with a dattar and also insulted them by using caste based derogatory words. Hence the present FIR. 3. Learned counsel for