IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

225 Date of decision: 20.02.2026 Harpreet Singh @ Happy ...........Petitioner versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Gupreet Singh Gurna, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Swapan Shorey, D.A.G., Punjab.

NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking regular bail in case FIR No.99 dated 25.06.2025 registered under Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Raja Sansi, Amritsar Rural.

2. As per case of the prosecution, the petitioner along with co-accused, namely Kamalpreet Singh, was apprehended on 25.05.2025. From the possession of the petitioner, one country made pistol along with one live cartridge 315 bore was recovered and from co-accused Kamalpreet Singh, one country made pistol was recovered. Both of them could not produce any valid license for the same. Hence, the present FIR has been registered against the petitioner and two other persons.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The recov