SURINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-17470-2026 1 213 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-17470-2026 Surinder Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 05, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 05, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Neha Bindal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.05 dated 04.01.2026, under Sections 61, 1, 14 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, registered at Police Station City 1, Abohar, District Fazilka. 2. On 01.04.2026, the following order was passed: “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.05 dated 04.01.2026, registered under Sections 61, 1, 14 of the Punjab Excise Act 1914, at Police Station City 1, Abohar, District Fazilka; 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 petitioner is a man aged 63 years with clean antecedents, no effective