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.22 dated 02.04.2025 registered under Sections 305 and 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Qila Lal Singh, Batala, District Gurdaspur.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that some unknown persons had broke open the shutter of complainant’s shop and committed theft of gold and silver ornaments, along with cash amounting to Rs.1,20,000/-. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and initially the FIR was registered against unknown persons. He argued that the petitioner was neither named in the FIR nor has any concern with the alleged crime. It has also been contended that during investigation, co-accused Kamal Masih was arrested and the petitioner has been nominated as an accused only on the basis of the disclosure statement made by the said co-accused. Apart from the disclosure statement, there is no other evidence to connect the petitioner with the offence in question and it is