IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 01.04.2026 Jaimal Singh ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Punjab ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Gaganbir Kaur Kahlon, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG Punjab.

Mr. Rahi Mehra, Advocate for the complainant (through V.C.).

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed for seeking pre-arrest bail in case bearing FIR No. 238 dated 29.08.2024 for offence(s) under Sections 331(4), 305, 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Civil Lines Batala, District Gurdaspur.

2. Short reply filed by way of affidavit dated 12.01.2026, on behalf of respondent-State, is already available on file and the same is taken on record. Registry is directed to do the needful.

3. The matter came up for hearing before this Court on 28.11.2025 when the following order was passed: -

“This petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.238 dated 29.08.2024, registered under Sections

331(4), 305, 317(2) BNS, 2023, at Police St