SONU BHALWAN @ RANJEET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-22434-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 229 CRM-M-22434-2026 Date of decision : 04.05.2026 Date of uploading : 04.05.2026 Sonu Bhalwan @ Ranjeet Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Sumit Dua, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab. --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.142 dated 02.08.2025 under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 191(3), 190, 118(1) of BNS and Sections 117(2), 118(2) of BNS added later on, registered at Police Station Navi Baradari, District Jalandhar. 2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:- “Statement of Shehnaz Mohammad, age 45 years, son of Mohammad Sharif, resident of village Kanganiwal, post office Hazara, tehsil & district Jalandhar, resident near Senior Secondary School, Ladhewali. Jalandhar, mobile number 98151 68256. Stated that I am a resident of the above address and I have been practicing as a pa