IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.11.2025 Beeru @ Veeru ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Amrit Pal, Advocate for Mr. Munish Puri, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition is the second attempt 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.41 dated 23.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 115(2), 191(3), 190 of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Sadar, District Pathankot.

The petitioner had earlier applied for grant of pre-

arrest/anticipatory bail before this Court which was dismissed as withdrawn on 09.10.2025. The relevant part of said order reads as under:-

“1. Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.0041 dated 23.04.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 115(2), 191(3) & 190 of BNS 2023 at Police Station Sadar Pathankot, District Pathankot; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 o