IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.11.2025 Mithu Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Ishwinderpal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

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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 pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.97 of 2024 dated 07.12.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023, at Police Station GRP, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

2. As per the case put forth in the FIR in question, it reflects that the GRP, Jalandhar, initiated proceedings after discovering the body of a 32 years old man near Kilometer 39/32-34 Railway Track. The deceased had multiple injuries –– five on the right cheek, two on the left cheek and one each behind the head and left ear. An FIR was registered against unknown persons. During inspection, the police found a bunch of hair clutched in the left fist of the deceased, which, along