IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 10.02.2026 JANG SINGH ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB & ANOTHER .....Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. B.S. Jatana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.0034 dated 09.03.2025 registered under Sections 333, 307, 74, 191(3), 190, 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 238 of the BNS, 2023 added later on at Police Station City 2, Mansa, District Mansa.

2. Vide order dated 10.11.2025, passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court, the petitioner was directed to join investigation. The said order is reproduced hereinafter:-

“Instant petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No.0034 dated 09.03.2025 registered under Sections 333, 307, 74, 191(3), 190, 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 238 of the BNS, 2023 added later on