SARWAN MASIH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-17894-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (204) CRM-M-17894-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 27.05.2026 SARWAN MASIH ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. G.S. Bawa, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab *** MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) seeking grant of anticipatory bail in cross-case registered vide GD No.25 and 26 dated 24.01.2026 registered under Sections 333, 118(2), 118(1), 117(2), 115(2), 324(4), 191(3), 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) in FIR No.12 dated 21.01.2026 registered under Sections 118(2), 115(2), 126(2), 351(2), 191(3) and 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) at Police Station Bhindi Saidan, District Amritsar Rural. 2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by the present petitioner, alleging therein that on the evening of 2.9.2025, he along with his nephew Arsh Masih, was going to deliver milk to a dairy when the persons named therein in