IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-65325-2025 Date of decision: 10.02.2026 AKASH MASIH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Amarbir Singh Shergill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amritpal Singh Gill, DAG Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0121 dated 03.11.2024, registered under Section 304 of BNS, 2023 (Sections 191(3), 190 of BNS and 21, 65, 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and 25, 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act added later on) at Police Station Ramdas, District Amritsar Rural.

2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that on 03.11.2024 Constable Gurdev Singh registered a complaint that two unknown persons riding an Activa snatched his kit bag from his possession containing a 9 mm pistol, a mobile phone and Rs.5000/-. The complainant suffered his supplementary statement that along with his pistol there were magazine and five live rounds. During investigation, on the b