IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Navjeet Singh @ Gagan ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondent Date of decision: 30.03.2026 Date of Uploading : 30.03.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Vishal Nehra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition is the third attempt under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 155 dated 07.12.2025 under Sections 316(2), 336(2), 338, 336(3), 61(2) of BNS and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional (Regulation) Act, Police Station City Zira, District Ferozepur The first petition bearing CRM-M-1419-2026 (Annexure P-3)

for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail filed before this Court was disposed of on 14.01.2026. The relevant part of said order reads as under:-

“2. After arguing for some time, learned counsel on instructions submits that the petitioner is ready to surrender before the trial Court and prays that his bail application be directed to be decided within a time bound mann