IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 29^th January, 2026 Aman Kumar @ Namni ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

(through VC)

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. Shahid Answer Choudhary, Advocate for the complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 168 dated 03.09.2025 registered under Sections 309(4), 61(2), 127(2), 304, 115(2), 191(3), 190 and 310(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) (Section 310(2) BNS added later on during investigation vide Rapat No.28 dated 07.10.2025, Section 309(2) of BNS was removed) and Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station City Sangrur, District Sangrur.

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by the complainant Lovepreet Singh @ Labbu on 03.09.2025 alleging therein that in the year 2023, a dispute had taken place between him and accused M