AMAN SAINI vs STATE OF PUNJAB - 2025 Supreme(P&H) 1873

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 1873

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
AMAN SAINI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF PUNJAB – Respondent

JUDGMENT :

RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.152 dated 22.07.2025 registered under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 351(1), 191(3), 190, 61(2) and 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Sections 117(2) and 118(1) of the BNS added later on vide DDR No.31 dated 25.08.2025), at Police Station Mukerian, District Hoshiarpur.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner along with other co-accused, armed with deadly weapons, attacked the complainant and caused injuries to him.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He argued that the alleged occurrence took place on 10.07.2025 but the FIR in question was registered on 22.07.2025 i.e. after an unexplained delay of 12 days, casting serious doubt on the prosecution story. He further argued that if the contents of the FIR are taken to be true, even then no specific role has been attributed to the present petitioner. He further argued that Section 117(2) and 118(1) of BNS has been added, vide DDR No.31 dated 25.08.2025, o

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