RANJODH SINGH AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRA-S-1002-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 202 CRA-S-1002-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Ranjodh Singh @ Jodha and another ....Appellants Versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Amardeep Singh, Advocate for the appellants. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG, Punjab. None for respondent No.2/complainant. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL) 1. Present appeal is directed against the orders dated 18.11.2025 and 28.11.2025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar dismissing the application of the appellant(s) for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.191 dated 24.09.2025 registered under Sections 125, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act (Section 109 of BNS and Section 3(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1989 (hereinafter in short as ‘SC/ST Act’) added later on), at Police Station Chhehrata, District Amritsar. 2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the appellants along with co-accused had attacked the complainant and his brother with firearms and abused them in the name of his caste, due to s