PREM SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB - 2025 Supreme(P&H) 1899

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2025 Supreme(P&H) 1899

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
PREM SINGH – 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.84 dated 05.11.2025 registered under Sections 118(1), 115(2), 191(3) and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Section 118(2) of the BNS added later on), at Police Station Sadar Budhlada, District Mansa.

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, due to some property dispute.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He argued that the alleged occurrence took place on 03.11.2025 but the FIR in question was registered on 05.11.2025 i.e. after an unexplained delay of 02 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 the injury attributed to the present petitioner is simple in nature and on the non-vital part of the body of the complainant i.e. on his right bicep. He further submitted that there is some land dispute goi

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