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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
ANOOP CHITKARA
Gurmeet Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANOOP CHITKARA, J.
| FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | 25.07.2018 | Ajnala, District Amritsar, Punjab | 326/148/149 IPC |
1. The petitioner, incarcerated in the offence captioned above, had come up before this court seeking regular bail by filing the present petition on 09th April 2025.
2. When the matter was taken up for the first time on the 9th of May 2025, the High Court Bar was abstaining, and the case was not taken up. After that, the matter was adjourned because the State had not filed the reply and subsequently adjourned to the present date, i.e., 05th August 2025. Today, the State has also filed a custody certificate dated 04th August 2025, which points out that the petitioner’s custody in this FIR is 5 months and 29 days, i.e., as on today, pre-trial custody is of six months.
3. However, the petitioner’s Counsel informed this Court that during the pendency of the petition, the petitioner’s custody in the trial court exceeded the statutory period and consequently, vide order dated 16-07-2025, the trial court had released the petitioner on bail granting benefits under Section 167 (2) CrPC, which corresponds to Section 187 (3) BNSS . The petitioner’s Counsel also handed over
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