IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.6696 of 2026 Date of decision : 30.3.2026 Date of uploading : 1.4.2026 Sahil Bhardwaj @ Sahnu @ Sahil ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Sumit Dua, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. 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 FIR No.16 dated 5.2.2025 under Sections 311, 118(1), 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Sadar Jalandhar, District Jalandhar.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:-

‘Statement of chetak kumar S/o Shri Ganagram Resident of Village jaganathpur, Police Statio lalganj Hazara, District Pratapgarh, State UP Now resident of Neeraj Sharma's Farm House No.1, Dhanal Kanal Road South City Jalandhar, age about 25 years, Mobile No. 8837598143 stated that I am a resident of the above said addressand I work as gardener in Flat no. 66 footy road Jal