IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Gurtej Singh ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 18, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 18, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Lakhwinder S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.34 dated 17.07.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 323, 324, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) (Sections 307, 427, 120-B of the IPC added later on), at Police Station Dharamgarh, District Sangrur.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that the complainant, Balvir Kaur, wife of Rajwinder Singh @ Raju, son of Sukhdev Singh, resident of Maidebas, made a statement before the police on 16.07.2023 stating that she was married to Rajwinder Singh about 11 years ago, and out of their wedlock, a male child namely Tanvir Singh, aged about 9 years, was born. She stated that her husband Rajwin