IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

315 Date of decision: 05.02.2026 Angrej Singh alias Boki ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Prince Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The present one is the second petition as filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No.37 dated 07.05.2025 registered under Sections 118(2), 115(2), 351(2), 190 and 191(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”) at Police Station Verka, District Police Commissionerate Amritsar. The first petition as filed by the petitioner has been dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 28.10.2025.

2. As per the allegations, on 05.04.2025, the petitioner by forming an unlawful assembly with the co-accused, intercepted the complainant Manpreet Singh when he was present at Bus Stand Mudhal and opened an assault upon him. The petitioner had struck a blow with kirpan on the right side of head of the complainant whereas his accompl