UPCHINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.21362 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 215 CRM-M No.21362 of 2026 Date of decision: 06.05.2026 Upchinder Singh ... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Rashmeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. ---- MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below:- FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections 180 05.12.2024 Machhiwara, Khanna, 115(2) and 118(1) of District Ludhiana the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”) (118(2) of BNS added later on) 2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition MANJU are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement 2026.05.07 17:30 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order /judgment Chandigarh CRM-M No.21362 of 2026 -2- recorded by the complainant Rahul alleging therein that on 25.11.2024, he was going towards his house when the petitioner who was standing at the