IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

205 Date of Decision: 30.03.2026 SUKHDEEP SINGH ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA ****

Present: Mr. Hardik Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab. MANISHA BATRA , J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short-‘BNSS’) by the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No.263 dated 27.12.2025, registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of IPC, at Police Station Sadar Khanna, District Khanna.

2. Vide order dated 17.02.2026 passed by this Court, the petitioner was granted interim bail and was directed to join investigation.

3. Status report has been filed. Learned State counsel, on instructions from the Investigating Officer, has submitted that the petitioner joined the investigation on 25.02.2026 but has not fully cooperated. It is, however, submitted in the reply as well as by learned State counsel that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required to unearth the complete chain of conspiracy between the petitioner and the co-accused, and