IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Jasvir Singh @ Happy ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent Sr. No. Particulars Details 1 The date when the judgment is reserved 18.02.2026 2 The date when the judgment is pronounced 20.02.2026 3 The date when the judgment is uploaded on the website 20.02.2026 Whether only operative part of the judgment is pronounced or full

4 Full judgment is pronounced The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full judgment, and Not

5 reasons thereof applicable CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajdeep Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. S.S. Aviraj, Advocate for the complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA, J :-

The instant one is the second petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 180 dated 14.08.2024 registered under Sections 109, 351(3), 324(4), 126(2), 309(4), 191(2), 190, 117(3) and 118(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Patran, District Patiala. His previous petition bearing CRM-M-7467-2025 had been dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 14.02.2025.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of the statement recorded by the complainant Amandeep Singh on 14.08.2024, alleging that he was previously having relations with one Gurpreet Kaur, that had later on turned sour. Gurpreet Kaur had started extending threats to him. On 13.08.2024, she made a call to the complainant to meet her. The complainant went to meet her at the informed place in his Swift car. When he reached there, he found Gurpreet Kaur to be present there with Golu and another youth unknown to him. While after parking his car, he was proceeding towards Gurpreet Kaur, the said youth and Golu also alighted from their vehicle and, while proclaiming that they were going to kill him, they opened an assault upon him. Gurpreet Kaur nabbed him by the neck. At the same time, one Scorpio car reached there. Four youths armed with iron rods alighted from the same. They encircled the complainant and started extending beatings to him. They vandalized his car. He tried to flee. However, he was followed by Gurpreet Kaur and Golu, who hit the car of the complainant with an Endeavour car, took out an iron rod from the same. The youth accompanying them hit his head with an iron rod and then struck repeated blows with the same on his person. Gurpreet Kaur and Golu also caused injuries to him with iron rods. The Scorpio vehicle had again reached there, and the petitioner accompanied by Nikhil Ragda and two youths, came out of that vehicle. Nikhil Ragda was carrying a pistol, whereas the petitioner was having an iron rod. They again started extending beatings to him. Nikhil Ragda fired a shot with a pistol and the bullet hit his friend Ravinder Singh, who had also come present there. On clamour being raised, the assailants fled away. While fleeing, the accused Gurpreet Kaur snatched his revolver from him.

3. After the registration of the FIR, investigation proceedings were initiated. The complainant was medico-legally examined. He had sustained several injuries. His leg was amputated due to the impact of the injuries sustained by him. During the course of investigation, the petitioner and co- accused Nikhil Ragda were arrested on 16.08.2024. They were interrogated and suffered disclosure statements admitting their involvement in the crime. They got recovered one .32 bore revolver with four live cartridges and an iron rod. The co-accused were also arrested subsequently. Investigation now stands completed.

4. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has been falsely implicated in this case. A false recovery has be