IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 06.02.2026 Pronounced on: 11.02.2026 Bikramjit Singh @ Bikkar ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Jashandeep Singh Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jasdev Singh Thind, DAG, Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

This is 2nd petition for bail, filed by the petitioner under Section

483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, hereinafter being referred to as ‘BNSS’ only, moved by the petitioner, who is in custody since 18.06.2021. The petitioner is facing trial for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 302, 323, 324, 148 and 149 of Indian Penal Code, hereinafter being referred to as ‘IPC’, and Section 52 of the Prisons Act, 1894. The about trial pertains to FIR No.196 dated 06.06.2021, Police Station Islamabad, District Amritsar. The petitioner is craving for bail.

2. Briefly stating the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being when ‘Bhagwant Singh’, Assistant Sub Inspector Central Jail, Fatehpur, Amritsar sent a communication to the police post Fatehpur, Police Station Islamabad,