VARINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M No.17555 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 ***** CRM-M No.17555 of 2026 Date of decision : 25.5.2026 Date of uploading : 25.5.2026 Varinder Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another …….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Kuldeep S. Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab Mr. N.S. Dandiwal, Advocate, for respondent no.2 --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 29.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.0137 dated 03.06.2025, registered for offences punishable under Sections 406 & 420 of IPC, at Police Station City Ropar, District Ropar; the petitioner has preferred this second petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Inter alia contends that first plea for anticipatory bail was declined by this Court on 22.09.2025, but subsequent thereto, a written compromise has been entered into the parties on 09.10.2025 (copy whereof has been appended as Annexure P-4 with the present petition); the petitioner is in the process of filing petition for quashing of the FIR in question on the basis of aforesaid c