SOM PARKASH ALIAS SOM NATH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (147) CRM-M-15243-2026(O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 05.05.2026 Som Parkash @ Som Nath ........Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and another .........Respondents CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.K.B.Raheja, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Simranjot Singh Nagra, Advocate, for respondent no.2/complainant. *** SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL) CRM-19831-2026 Allowed, as prayed for. Annexure P-9 is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. CRM-M-15243-2026 1. This is the first petition filed under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.25 dated 13.02.2026, under Sections 329(3) and 316(2) of BNS, registered at Police Station Talwandi Bhai, District Ferozepur (Annexure P-1). 2. Brief facts of the case are that the complainant/respondent no.2 is the 3rd wife and widow of petitioner’s deceased son Chandan Grover. Complainant has alleged that after the death of Chandan Grover, the present petitioner and other family members in connivance with each other have illegally assumed control of the shops owned by her deceased husband with the intent to depriv