SUKHMANDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-20856-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 214/2 CRM-M-20856-2026 Decided on: 07.05.2026 Sukhmander Singh …...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh Saini, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, DAG Punjab **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of DDR No.23 Dated 14.07.2025, under sections 109, 118(1), 115, 191(3), and 190 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to sections 307, 324, 323, 148, and 149 IPC, 1860) and Sections 25, 27 Arms Act, 1959, entered in FIR No. 83 Dated 13.07.2025 under sections 109, 118(1), 115, 191(3), 190 BNS, 2023, sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act, 1959 registered at Police Station Zira, District Ferozepur. 2. On 18.04.2026, following order was passed: “(i) xx xx xx xx (ii) Learned counsel for the petitioner, contends that petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in a cross-version case. Initially, on the statement of Sukhmander Singh (