220 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Gautam ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of decision: January 13, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 13, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Subhash Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.74 dated 06.04.2022, for the offence punishable under Sections 379-B & 34 of the IPC, 1860 (Section 411 of IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Rama Mandi, District Jalandhar.

2. The gravamen of allegations against the petitioner is that Brijesh Kumar, son of Paras Nath, stated that on 05.04.2022, at about 1:30 PM, he was travelling from Lama Pind Chowk towards Kishanpura Chowk in a three-wheeler driven by his friend Gurnek Singh. He was seated on the front seat and was holding his Redmi mobile phone in his hand. When they reached near the shop of Dr. Bawa, two unknown persons with short-cut hair approached them from behind on a Pulsar motorcycle. The pillion ride