IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.07.2025 Surjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Pawan Attri, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ashish Bishnoi, DAG Haryana. Mr. Aditya Gautam, Advocate with Mr. Rajat Sharma, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.176 dated 05.06.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 118(2), 351(3), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 at Police Station Sadar Pehowa, District Kurukshetra.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the petition by the petitioner) is as follows:-

“Statement of Angrej Singh son of Naib Singh resident of Adhoya, Police Station Sadar Pehowa, District Kurukshetra, age 40 years phone number 99965 10091 stated that I am a resident of the above name and address and I am doing the work of farming, I purchased 6 acres of land from Rajwinder Kaur wife of Gurmeet Singh resident of Panchkula in the year 2024 and 6 acres of land was also purchased from the wife of Gurmeet's brother Ranveer Kaur wife of Gurvinder Singh resident by Surjeet Singh Panchkula of Surjeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh sons of Gurdev Singh residents Devi Nagar Roorkee, Police Station Julka District Patiala in the year 2022, the land of all of us is on joint khewat and is an unpartitioned land, my share of land is on the main road, the land of Sureet Singh and Gurjeet Singh is situated behind my fields, due to which Surjeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh have filed a case with the Tehsildar Pehowa regarding the partition of land. Both the brothers Surjeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh have a grudge against me because of the land near my Gauhar. Keeping this grudge, yesterday on 4.6.2025 at about 9:40 PM, my nephew Pradeep son of Baldev Singh was ploughing the field with a tractor and I was standing on the boundary of the field. At the same time, Surjeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh came on two motorcycles and two other persons whose names are not known came on another motorcycle, whom I can identify if they come in front of me. Surjeet Singh was holding a sickle in his hand and the rest Gurjeet Singh and two other persons were empty handed and Surjeet Singh challenged me and said that today we will teach him a lesson for taking land on the road and after saying this Surjeet Singh attacked my head with the sickle that he was holding in his hand, so I put my left arm in front of my head to protect my head, so the sickle hit my left arm and as soon as the sickle hit me, I fell down. Gurjeet Singh and two other boys attacked me in anger and when I shouted for help, my nephew stopped the tractor and came to my rescue. Surjeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh along with their two other companions left the spade at the spot and ran away. The phone of one of the four persons also fell at the spot and they also left two motorcycles a little distance away from the spot and ran away. While leaving they were saying. Today you were saved, if we get a chance next time we will kill you. So, my nephew Pradeep arranged for a vehicle private and got me admitted to the Government Hospital, Pehowa for treatment, after first where referred the me doctor Government aid to Hospital Kurukshetra where I am now undergoing treatment. Surjeet Singh, Gurjeet Singh and two other persons have inflicted injuries on me unlawfully. I request you to take legal action against the above persons. I shall be highly grateful to you. I have written my statement to you. I have heard and read it. It is correct. SD/- ANGREJ.”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is a person of fragile health, suffering from multiple ailments, rendering him wholly unfit to engage in any crimina