SEWA SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRM-M No.23928 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 219/2 ***** CRM-M No.23928 of 2026 Date of decision : 18.5.2026 Date of uploading : 18.5.2026 Sewa Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. S.S. Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab Mr. G.S. Brar, Advocate, for respondents no.2 and 3 --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 29.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.125 dated 20.08.2025, under Sections 318(4), 61(2) of BNS 2023, registered at Police Station Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the FIR in question came to be registered primarily on account of a money dispute, the parties have now entered into a settlement, the petitioner is a man aged 44 years with clean antecedents & is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein as per law. Notice of motion. On the strength of advance notice; Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Additional AG Pu