291 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 07.08.2025 Pronounced on: 26.08.2025 KRISHAN SINGH @ DEEPU ...PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB …RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Kartik Gandhi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, DAG, Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

141 23.06.2024 City Jagraon, District 489-A/489-B/489-C/489-

Ludhiana Rural D of IPC

1. The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above had come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail. 2. In paragraph 8 of the bail petition and the reply, the petitioner declares that he has no criminal antecedents.

3. The facts and allegations are being taken from the reply filed by the State, which reads as follows:

“That the brief facts of the case are that on 23-06-2024, police party headed by HC Balwinder Singh of PS City, Jagraon was present at Rani Jhansi Chowk, Jagraon in connection with patrolling and in search of suspected persons and vehicles. HC Balwinder Singh received secret information that Manpreet Singh son of Dulla Singh resident of Village