PAWAN vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.17188 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 213 ***** CRM-M No.17188 of 2026 Date of decision : 4.5.2026 Date of uploading : 5.5.2026 Pawan ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Neena, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 30.3.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.238 dated 20.10.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120-B IPC, at Police Station City Tarn Taran, District Tarn Taran; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in question; assuming arguendo, the prosecution version available at this juncture is taken to be correct, the petitioner is merely a tenant in the shop in question and is said to have connived with the co-accused namely Ajay; the petitioner is a man with clean antecedents & is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein as per law. Notice of