221 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.09.2025 GURCHARAN SINGH ...Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present: Mr. Kuljinder Singh Billing, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gorav Kathuria, DAG Punjab.

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YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR , J. (Oral)

1. This is first petition under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.154, dated 21.06.2025, registered at Police Station Bhawanigarh, District Sangrur under Sections 303(2), 317(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned State counsel have been heard and material collected by the police during investigation has been perused.

3. Brief facts of the prosecution case are that the truck bearing No.PB-10JD-1089 owned by Beant Singh-complainant was stolen by some unknown persons on 19.06.2025. Thereafter, on the basis of supplementary statement of his brother Ajit Singh, Harpreet Singh and Gurcharan Singh were nominated as accused. Petitioner was arrested on 26.06.2025, who disclosed that 10 more cases were registered against him and he sold the vehicles in connivance with one