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107 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

Date of Decision: 24.03.2026 CRM-M-42898-2025

GURJIT SINGH @ JEETA ….PETITIONER

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...RESPONDENT

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Abhaysher Singh, Advocate for

Mr. K.B. Raheja, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petitions under Section 483 BNSS is

for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.48 dated 06.03.2021 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 302, 451, 452, 148 and 149 of IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Division No.8,

District Police Commissionerate, Jalandhar.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is neither named in the FIR nor seen in the CCTV footage. All the material witnesses, except Harvinder Singh @ Sonu, have not supported the prosecution case. Even as per the case of the prosecution, the petitioner was standing outside. The co-accused, namely Harpreet Singh @ Happy Bhullar has been granted the concession of bail by this Court vide order dated 08.05.2025 in CRM-M-43574-2024. As the petitioner is in custody since 29.07.2022 but only 03 of the 33 prosecution witnesses have been examined

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so far, the trial of the present case is not likely to be concluded anytime soon

and therefore, he be granted the concession of regular bail.

3. The learned counsel for the State has filed custody certificate of the petitioner and the same is taken on record. He admits that fact that even as per prosecution case, the petitioner is not the assailant, that one of the main accused, namely Harpreet Singh @ Happy Bhullar, has been granted the concession of bail by this Court vide order dated 08.05.2025, that the petitioner is in custody since 29.07.2022 and that only 03 of the 33

prosecution witnesses have been examined so far.

4. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties.

5. The culpability of the petitioner with the aid of Section 149 IPC shall be established during the course of the trial. The petitioner is in custody since 29.07.2022 but only 03 of the 33 prosecution witnesses have been examined so far. Therefore, the Trial of the present case is not likely to be concluded anytime soon. All the material witnesses, other than the Harvinder Singh @ Sonu, have been examined but they have not supported the prosecution case. Harvinder Singh @ Sonu is stated to have gone abroad. In this situation, the further incarceration of the petitioner is not required, moreso when the main accused namely Harpreet Singh @ Happy Bhullar has been granted the concession of bail by this Court vide order dated

08.05.2025.

6. Thus, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the present petitions are allowed and the petitioners, namely, Gurjit Singh @

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Jeeta son of Jagir Singh @ Jagira is ordered to be released on bail to the

satisfaction of the Trial Court/Duty Magistrate concerned.

7. The petitioner shall appear before the Police Station concerned on the first Monday of every month till the conclusion of the Trial and inform in writing each time that he is not involved in any other crime other than the

cases mentioned in the custody certificate dated 23.03.2026.

8. In addition, the petitioner (or anyone on his behalf) shall prepare an FDR in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- and deposit the same with the Trial Court. The same would be liable to be forfeited as per law in case of the

absence of the petitioner from trial without sufficient cause.

9. If the petitioner or his family members/associates make any attempt to contact/threaten/intimidate the witnesses in the present case, the State would be at liberty to move an application for cancellation of bail

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