PAWANDEEP SINGH @ AKASH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.19275 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 125 ***** CRM-M No.19275 of 2026 Date of decision : 4.5.2026 Date of uploading : 5.5.2026 Pawandeep Singh @ Akash ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.18 dated 7.2.2023 under Sections 302, 34 of IPC (Section 34 of IPC deleted later on), registered at Police Station Bhikhiwind, District Tarn Taran. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:- ‘Statement of Gurlal Singh son of Virsa Singh son of Bahl Singh resident of Blehr Roa, Village Bhikhiwind aged about 40 years, Mobile No. 79736- 01537. It is stated that I am resident of above-mentioned address. That I use to do labour work. My marriage was solemnized with Sukhbir Kaur resident of Naushera Dhala in the year 2003. I am having three childr