IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on:22.08.2025 Baljit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj Present: Mr. Sarabjit Singh Cheema, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. R.S. Dadwal, Advocate, for the complainant.

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Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C., now replaced with Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner during pendency of the trial in case FIR No.200 dated 21.12.2024, registered under Sections 109, 115(2), 126(2), 191(3), 190 of the BNS, 2023 (Sections 117(2) and 238 of the BNS, 2023 added later on), at Police Station Sadar Jagraon, District Ludhiana Rural.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the FIR in question was registered on the statement of complainant Gurwinder Singh, wherein it was alleged that on 20.12.2024, there was a Kabaddi tournament in their village and after watching the tournament, he along with his friends Sandeep Singh and Parminder Singh were returning their homes. However, they were waylaid by a Scorpio car, in which his co-villager Jagmohan Sin