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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 01.03.2025 Sunil Singh @ Sheelu .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Rana, Senior DAG, Punjab.

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MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J. (ORAL)

The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.135, dated 18.11.2023, under Sections 304, 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Koom Kalan, District Ludhiana.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that although the prosecution has projected the instant case to be based on an eyewitness account, however, the scientific evidence is contrary to the case projected by the prosecution; allegedly, the deceased was forcibly administered intoxicants by the accused, including the petitioner, however, the report of the FSL was to the contrary, as no intoxicant/drug was found in the viscera of the deceased. Learned counsel submits that in the circumstances, the petitioner’s false implication in the present case is evident and he deserves to be extended the concession of bai