RANJIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH 210 CRM-M-22534-2026 Date of Decision: 11.05.2026 RANJIT SINGH ... Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY. **** Present: Ms. B.S. Randhawa, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab. **** AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail for the petitioner in Cross DDR No.26, dated 02.01.2026 under Sections 118(1), 118(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023 (324, 326, 34 of IPC) registered in FIR No.125 dated 07.09.2025 under Sections 115(2) 118(1), 191(3), 190 (323, 324, 148, 149 of IPC) [Section 118(2) of BNS, 2023 (326 of IPC) added later on] registered at Police Station Sekhwan, District Gurdaspur. 2. On 24.04.2026, this Court had passed the following order:- “Learned counsel submits that there is a delay of 3 months in lodging the FIR. It is a case of version and cross-version. The injury attributed to him is on the non-vital part, it being on the right elbow of Gurmej Singh. He is ready and willing to join the RAJENDER KUMAR 2026.05.11 17:06 I attest to the accuracy and authe