IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

102 CRM-M-18317-2026 Date of Decision: 06.04.2026 GURTEJ SINGH ALIAS GURTEJ SINGH BRAR ....Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondents(s)

CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK JAIN Present : Mr. Mehtab Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amandeep Singh Samra, AAG, Punjab.

ALOK JAIN, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been inter alia filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case arising out of FIR No.0079 dated 17.05.2024 registered under Sections 302, 34 of IPC (deleted during investigation) and offences under Section 306 and 201 of IPC (later on added in challan), at Police Station Jaito, District Faridkot.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that initially the FIR was lodged under Sections 302 and 34 of IPC. Subsequently, when the challan was presented, the Section 302 of IPC was removed and Sections 306 and 201 of IPC were invoked. Thereafter, the petitioner was granted concession of regular bail by the learned Trial Court, Faridkot vide order dated 05.08.2024. Thereafter, the prosecution has moved two applications one under Sections 21