IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

101 CRM-M-34026-2025 Decided On: 04.07.2025 SUKHPAL SINGH ....PETITIONER(s)

Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....RESPONDENT(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present: Mr. S. K. Garg Narwana, Senior Advocate with Mr. Abhishek Vig, Advocate, Mr. Nitin Sachdeva, Advocate and Mr. Mukul Ahuja, Advocate for the petitioner.

TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA J.(Oral)

The petition has been filed under Section 482 BNSS seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR no.128 dated 26.06.2025, Annexure P-1, registered under Section 353(2) BNS, at Police Station City Budhlada, District Mansa.

2. The provision of Section 482(1) BNSS, providing for grant of bail to a person apprehending arrest is pari materia to Section 438(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (since repealed). It gives concurrent jurisdiction to the High Court and the Court of Session for grant of bail to a person apprehending arrest on accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence. The petitioner is accused of the offences alleged as per the FIR aforementioned, and has straightaway approached this Court for grant of pre- arrest bail without first approaching the Sessions Court