IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manpreet Singh @ Manna ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of decision: 11.02.2026 Date of Uploading : 11.02.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.153 dated 11.09.2019, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 326/323/324/34 of IPC (Section 307 IPC added later on) at Police Station Sadar Faridkot, District Mansa.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that on 10.09.2019 at about 07:30 PM, the complainant Vishal Singh, a student of 10+2 class, alongwith his uncle Kulwinder Singh was proceedings towards the main road to eat water balls (gol gappa) when they were intercepted by the petitioner Manpreet Singh @ Manna and his co-accused namely Satnam Singh, Gora Singh and Mohinder Singh all armed with sharp edged weapons. It has been further alleged that the petitioner raised a lalkara exhorting his co-accused not to let the complain