IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 24.03.2026 Harpreet Singh …... Petitioner(s)

V/s State of Punjab and anr. ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Joginder Pal Devgan, Advocate, (Through VC)

for the petitioner.

Mr. Athar Ahmed, DAG, Punjab.

Ms. Meena, Advocate, for Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

The prayer in the present petition under Section 407 Cr.P.C. is for transfer of Criminal case bearing No.(1) SC/201/2021 titled as State versus Nishan Singh and another (Annexure P-15) (2) SC/32/2023 titled as State versus Simranjit Singh @ Simrat @ Simar and another (Annexure P-16) and (3) CRM/32/2021 titled as Harpreet Singh versus State of Punjab and another (Annexure P-6) arising out of FIR No. 63 dated 02.05.2020 under Sections 307, 325, 323, 506, 148, 149, 188, 269 IPC and Sections 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act, 1959 and Section 51-B of Disaster Management Act, 2005 registered at Police Station Harike, District Tarn Taran (Annexure P-2).

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner-complainant (hereinafter known as ‘the petitioner’) contends that the accused had informed the p