IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

294 CRM-M-14622-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision : 02.04.2026 Deepak Raj ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Ms. Harkirat Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. (oral)

This petition for bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.23 dated 15.04.2024, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 302, 34, 148, 149 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Purana Shalla, District Gurdaspur.

2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Rahul’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the complainant that on 14.04.2024, he along with his wife and the family of his elder brother ‘Raju’, and cousin ‘Dharminder’ had attended the fair at ‘Pandori Dham’, where a boy aged about 20-23 brushed against the shoulder of ‘Dharminder’. As per complainant, subsequent thereto a quarrel erupted between them and the abovesaid boy with the help