219 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :13.02.2026 Sukhdev Ram @ Sukha .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr.Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hardeep Hans, AAG, Punjab -.-

MANDEEP PANNU J. (Oral)

This is the second petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 27 dated 24.03.2024, registered under Sections 302 and 34 IPC, 1860 (subsequently Sections 396 and 120-B IPC, 1860 added), at Police Station Nathana, District Bathinda.

As per the prosecution case, the present FIR was initially registered against unknown persons on the statement of Harwinder Kaur regarding the murder of her husband. Subsequently, during investigation, the supplementary statement of Manjit Singh, brother of the deceased, was recorded, wherein he alleged that on 22.03.2024, the present petitioner Sukhdev Ram @ Sukha along with co-accused namely Harpreet Singh @ Dhakkan, Baljit Singh @ Billa, Baljit Ram @ Ballu and Harjit @ Sultan were involved in the occurrence. It was alleged that the accused persons ca