IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 08.12.2025 Pronounced on : 15.12.2025 Gurpreet Singh @Gurpita ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Argued by : Mr. Lupil Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Sanjeet Sood, Advocate, Mr. Akash Khurana, Advocate and Mr. Varun Singla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

1. For the commission of offence punishable under Sections 304 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code, the FIR No.86 dated 16.08.2023 has been lodged in Police Station Bareta, District Mansa. The petitioner is being prosecuted for the commission of abovementioned offence and he has been arrested. The petitioner is in custody and, therefore, craving for bail. This is first petition for bail filed by the petitioner, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

2. In nut-shell, the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being in the backdrop of following facts:-

On 16.08.2023, the dead body of Rajwinder Singh @Pappu was found and in response to abovementioned recovery, the brother of deceased, namely Gurpreet Singh,