IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on:01.03.2025 Randhir Singh alias Nani ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Manisha Batra Present: Mr. Hitesh Chopra, Advocate, Mr. Ajaypal Singh, Advocate, &

Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocates, for the petitioner.

Ms. Ruchika Sabherwal, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

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Manisha Batra, J.

1. The instant one is the second petition, as filed by the petitioner, for grant of regular bail to him, during the pendency of trial, in a case arising out of FIR No.39 dated 22.06.2022, registered under Sections 379-B, 411, 34, 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC, 1860 at Police Station GRP Pathankot, District Pathankot. His previous petition bearing CRM-M-

51584-2022 was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 17.01.2023.

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the allegations that on 22.06.2022, a secret information was received by the police that the petitioner and co-accused Pankaj were engaged in snatching and theft of mobile phones from the railway passengers at different railway stations and several cases had been registered against them. It was informed that at that point of time, they were present in the area of rail