IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 02.04.2026 JEET SINGH ... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Ashit Malik, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Abhinav Kansal, Advocate for the petitioner.

H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral)

1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking regular bail under Section 483 BNSS, 2023, in case FIR No.119 dated 01.06.2024 under Sections 302,148,149 IPC (later on added Section 120-B IPC) registered at Police Station Patran, District Patiala.

2. The present case has been registered on the statement of one Sunita Rani, wife of late Megha Singh, alleging that Davinder Singh @ Jinder, Jeet Singh, Meeto Kaur, Navjot Kaur, Veermati Kaur, Jarnail Singh @ Jaili, Ramesh Chand, Kala Singh, Laalu, Ladi, and four unknown persons had inflicted injuries upon her husband, which ultimately led to his death. It is further alleged that these facts were disclosed to the complainant by her husband, Megha Singh (since deceased), when he was being taken to the hospital.

3. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioner submits that there is an unexplained delay of 27 hours in the lodging of