RAJINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-21445-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 216 CRM-M-21445-2026 Date of decision: 6th May, 2026 Rajinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Gurbir Singh Dhillon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Roshandeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 32 dated 08.03.2026 registered under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 296, 351(3), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Jodhan, District Ludhiana. 2. As per the allegations, on 06.03.2026, Beant Singh son of complainant-Paramjit Kaur had gone to attend Jaago function in his own village, whereas the complainant along with her husband was present at her house. On the same night, on hearing the sounds of knocking on the main gate and some loud noises, she along with her husband came outside and found that the petitioner, who is residing in her neighborhood along with co-acc