RANVIR KAPOOR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-22550-2026 1 104 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-22550-2026 Ranvir Kapoor ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) (erstwhile Section 438 of the Cr. P.C.) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.36 dated 03.02.2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 194(2), 109, 324(4), 333, 351, 191(2) and 190 of the BNS, 2023, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, at Police Station Sahnewal, District Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana. 2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that on the basis of secret information received, it was revealed that on 02.02.2026, at about 7:30 PM, members of both groups, along with their associates, assembled in Street No.1, Mohalla Mahadev Nagar, where they attacked MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.05.12 17:14