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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Mohammad Shoaib Rather ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of decision: January 28, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 29, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. R.S. Cheema, Senior Advocate with Mr. A.S. Cheema, Advocate, Mr. Aakash Vashisth, Advocate and Mr. Satish Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

Mr. Sanjeev K. Virk, Advocate (presence marked through video-conferencing) and Ms. Deepika Verma, Advocate for the complainant.

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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 bearing FIR No.70 dated 15.05.2025, under Sections 109, 103(1), 190, 191(3), 118(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’), registered at Police Station Satnampura, Phagwara, District Kapurthala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the injured, namely Ahmad Mohamed Nour Ahmed Hussen, stated that on 15.05.2025, he had gone to perform Namaz along with his friend Mohammad Wada Bala Yousif Ahmed (since decea