TEHAL SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

102 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27517-2026 DECIDED ON: 15.05.2026 TEHAL SINGH .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH. Present: Mr. Pradeep Virk, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Ajay Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Neeraj Madaan, Sr. DAG, Punjab. SANJAY VASHISTH, J (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner, seeking grant of anticipatory bail, in case, FIR No.67, dated 07.04.2026, under Sections 110, 115(2), 351(2), 3(5) of BNS (corresponding to sections 308, 323, 506, 34 of IPC), registered at Police Station Dehlon, District Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana. 2. Complainant, in the present case, lodged the FIR alleging that occurrence took place in the fields while repairing a water channel at about 11:20 A.M. on 06.04.2026. It is alleged that accused Gurveer Singh raised a lalkara, exhorting that son-in-law, who was attempting to assert dominance in the village, should be driven away. Thereupon, Tehal Singh (petitioner herein) allegedly picked up a hammer lying near the water channel and inflicted a blow upon Ranjit Singh (complainant’s father-in- law), which landed on th