373 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.54746 of 2025 Satnam Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ..... Respondent CRM-M No.56122 of 2025 Gurcharan Singh @ Charanjit Singh @ G Star …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….. Respondent CRM-M No.58401 of 2025 Jaskaran Singh @ Jassa Singh @ Sukhdev @ Bauda ….. Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….. Respondent Date of decision: 02.12.2025 CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Karandeep Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner in CRM-M No.54746 of 2025 and CRM-M No.58401 of 2025.

Mr. Fatehjeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner in CRM-M-56122-2025.

Mr. Amit Kumar Goel, AAG, Punjab.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. By this order, I dispose of the above mentioned three petitions arising out of the same FIR.

2. All the petitions have been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioners in case bearing FIR No.191, dated 22.10.2021, under Sections 302, 307, 323, 506, 148, 149, 120-B, 201 of IPC and Sections 25/27/54/59 of Arms Act, registered at Police Station Civil Lines, District Bathinda, Punjab.

3. Succinctly the facts of the case are that FIR in the present case was got registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Manpreet Singh son of Jaskaran Singh. It was alleged that the complainant is the resident of Mehma Bhagwana and do agricultural work. It was alleged that on 22.10.2021, at about 01:00 P.M., the complainant along with his brother, namely, Hassandeep had come to Bathinda to get the parts of the combine. At old Bus Stand, Bathinda, his brother, Hassandeep, met his friends, namely, Parminder Singh @ Bhau, Pindi, Boota Singh, Hardeep Singh Bhau, who came in Verna Car bearing registration No.CH- 01-AN-0562. It was alleged that they took his brother, Hassandeep along with them by making him sit in the said car. Meanwhile, the complainant was busy in his work. However, his brother did not come back till 03:15 P.M. It was alleged that when the complainant reached the park, he saw that his brother was sitting on a cement bench with his friends. In the meantime, one Verna car bearing registration No.DL-4C-ND-4462 came, from which Baljinderpal Singh @ Billa armed with 12 bore gun, Satnam Singh (petitioner in CRM-M-54746-2025) armed with water pump handle, Sukhdev Singh @ Jassa @ Thoda (petitioner in CRM-M-58401- 2025) armed with Kirpan and Surinder Singh @ Kali armed with iron rod and another Accent car bearing registration No.DL-3C-BP-2711 also came there, from which Gurpreet Singh @ Gora, Aman and 7-8 unidentified youth armed with baseball, Kirpan and iron rods, etc. stepped out. All of them raised lalkara and entered the park with their weapons towards his brother and his friends. Billa pulled out his gun and others attacked his brother and his friend, namely, Buta Singh on their arms and legs with their weapons with intention to kill them. Thereafter, Billa fired at Buta Singh, which hit on his leg. Brother of the complainant, namely, Hassandeep tried to flee from there and when he went outside the park gate, Gurpreet Singh fired from his pistol, which hit directly on his chest and he fell down. On gathering of the people, all the persons fled away from the spot. His brother and Buta Singh were shifted to the Hospital, where they succumbed to the injuries. Thus, the request was made to take legal action against all the accused persons. On registration of the FIR, the investigation commenced. During the investigation, complicity of petitioner, namely, Gurcharan Singh @ Charanjit Singh @ G Star (in CRM-M-56122-2025) surfaced and thus, he was also arrayed as an accused in the present case. The petitioners were arrested on 22.10.2021 and 16.09.2022, respectively. The petitioners approached the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bathinda praying for the grant of bail, however, after hearing both the sides and finding no merit in the same, the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bathinda declined the bail appli