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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

116 CRM-M-70823-2025(O&M) Date of decision: 02.04.2026

Inderjit Singh @ Kaka ...Petitioner VERSUS

State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ

Present :- Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, AAG, Punjab .

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

The instant second petition (the first petition having been

withdrawn on 15.07.2024) has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.20 dated 20.02.2023 registered under Sections 302, 148, 149, 506, 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station

Khamano, District Fatehgarh Sahib.

2. The FIR in the present case has been registered on the statement of Bachhitar Singh, brother of the deceased-Baljit Singh, wherein, the complainant has levelled allegations that on 19.02.2023 at about 09:00 PM, the complainant was present near the house of his deceased brother-Baljit Singh who was returning home in his Toyota Corolla Car bearing Registration No.PB-65W-8583 and in the meantime one Zen car bearing Registration No.PB-64-4019 came from behind, being driven in a rash and negligent manner and struck against the driver door of the car driven by deceased-Baljit Singh. The accused persons namely, Jasvir Singh @ Sartaj armed with wooden stick, Harpreet Singh @ Bindu who was empty handed

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alighted from the Zen car and thereafter Harpreet Singh @ Bindu caught hold of neck of deceased-Baljit Singh and pulled him out of the car and raised lalkara for teaching a lesson for hitting their vehicle. Thereafter, the petitioner herein-Inderjit Singh @ Kaka son of Jagtar Singh armed with a wooden stick, Gurjant Singh son of Gulzar Singh and one unknown person who was accompanying them arrived at the spot. Co-accused Malagar Singh @ Bhalla inflicted a baseball blow on the back side of the head of deceased while the petitioner-Inderjit Singh @ Kaka is alleged to have inflicted a ‘danda’ blow on the head of the deceased-Baljit Singh causing him to fall to the ground, whereafter the co-accused Malagar Singh @ Bhalla gave another baseball blow on the forehead of the deceased. Subsequently, all the accused gave blows to the deceased when he was lying in the ground. Eventually,

Baljit Singh succumbed to his injuries.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that initially as per the version of the respondent/State, two injuries were attributed to Malagar Singh @ Bhalla while one injury with ‘danda’ was attributed to the petitioner-Inderjit Singh @ Kaka. He further contends that Harjit Singh @ Fauji and Jagjit Singh @ Jagga were also attributed brick blow each to the deceased-Baljit Singh. He further contends that as per the post-mortem report, there were only 02 lacerated wounds on the head of the deceased which were caused by a brick blow. It is thus submitted that there is contradiction between the ocular and medical version. While the complainant has attributed as many as 05 injuries on the head of the deceased, only 02 injuries were found on the head in the post-mortem report. He further submits that even the said injuries attributed to the petitioner are

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with a ‘danda’ whereas there is no such injury which could be co-related to the ‘danda’ held by the petitioner herein. He further contends that the petitioner is in custody since 20.02.2023 and has already undergone an actual sentence of 03 years and 01 month. It is submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedents and that even though the earlier bail petition had been withdrawn on 15.07.2024, however, despite a lapse of more than 01 year and 08 months, only 01 out of 32 witness