IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH *****

CRM-M No.57707 of 2025 Date of decision : 12.2.2026 Date of uploading : 12.02.2026 Kamaljit Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate and Mr. Sahil, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab Mr. Ankur Bansal, Advocate, for the complainant (through VC)

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.142 dated 2.8.2025 under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 191(3), 190, 118(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Sections 117(2) and 118(2) of BNS added later on), registered at Police Station Navi Baradari, District Jalandhar.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner) is as follows:-

‘Statement of Shehnaz Mohammad, age 45 years, son of Mohammad Sharif, resident of village Kanganiwal, post office Hazara, tehsil & district Jalandhar, resident near Senior Secondary School, Ladhewali, Jalandhar, mobile number 98151 68