IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:23.03.2026 Manpreet Singh ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Prince Pal, Advocate for Mr. Imaan Singh Khara, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

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Manisha Batra, J. (Oral).

1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNSS”) seeking benefit of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.150 dated 05.07.2025, registered under Sections 115(2), 118 and 3(5) of the BNS (Offence under Section 109 of the BNS was added lateron), at Police Station Talwandi Sabo, District Bathinda.

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by complainant – Jagjeet Singh @ Gaggi, alleging that on the night of 28.06.2025, he along with one Satnam Singh @ Sattu was sitting in a dhaba where they were talking to each other, when the present petitioner armed with a gandasa accompanied by one Rammu Singh and two persons unknown to the complainant reached there. All of them were armed with weapons. They opened an assault upon the compla