IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.02.2026 Gurvishaldeep Singh @ Vishu ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. J.K. Singla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kamalpreet Bawa, DAG, Punjab.

AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C (483 of BNSS) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.141 dated 18.07.2022 under Sections 302,34 IPC (Section 201 IPC was added later on vide DDR No.24 dated 20.07.2022) registered at P.S City II Mansa.

2. Relevant facts as emerging from the documents on record be noticed hereinbelow:

Criminal proceedings in the present case were initiated on the basis of complaint lodged by Tarsem Singh, son of Nachhattar Singh, an agriculturist by profession, who pointed therein that Sukhcharan Singh (since deceased) son of Sohan Singh, who once was posted as ‘Jail Warder’, at Mansa, was his (complainant) personal friend and had built his house behind the Court Complex on 33 feet road. They used to frequently exchange notes with each other. For about 3-4 days, when he (C) did not receive any call from Sukhcharan Singh, he (C) called up but Sukhcharan’s phone was switched off. Even the house of Sukhcharan Singh was found locked. Mohinder Singh, from whom Sukhcharan Singh used to purchase milk, was also questioned, who disclosed that Sukhcharan Singh had not met him nor did he see him (Sukhcharan Singh). Complainant further pointed out that on 07.07.2022, he was present at the house of Sukhcharan Singh, when at about 10.00/10.30 PM, Sukhwinder Kaur wife of Sukhcharan

Singh accompanied by Gurvishaldeep Singh @ Vishu (P) (son of Sukhcharan

Singh) came to meet him. After a brief verbal altercation, the mother-son duo started beating Sukhcharan Singh. He (complainant) intervened and stopped them. Later they went away. It was at that point in time that Sukhcharan Singh told him that he has strained relations with his wife and son as also that they want to kill him. Towards the end, complainant suspected that probably wife and son of Sukhcharan Singh have killed him. Reason for their strained relations was also mentioned by complainant. With this backdrop, he requested the police Authorities to initiate appropriate legal proceedings. On the basis of said statement, formal FIR under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC was registered Investigations were set into motion, during which police team visited the house of Sukhcharan Singh and noticed bloodstains at various places. These were lifted and converted into sealed parcel. Photographs were also clicked. Forensic team was requested to visit the site. Statements of witnesses were also recorded.

On 19.07.2022, both wife-Sukhwinder Kaur and son of deceased Gurvishaldeep Singh were arrested. During interrogation, they both confessed to their involvement in the commission of offence and pointed out the entire sequence of events leading to the murder of Sukhcharan Singh. According to them, late on Friday evening, they had visited Sukhcharan Singh at his house, when one of them (Sukhwinder Kaur) caught hold of him from his arms and Gurvishaldeep Singh (P) inflicted base ball blows on his (Sukhcharan Singh) head. In order to destroy the dead body, an effort was made to burn it but since the body was not burnt completely, they bundled it into the Jeep and later threw it in the Canal near Village Bhaini Bagha. On their demarcation, the place where the dead body was thrown was identified. On the same day, the dead body was recovered from Canal near village Kotli Kalan. Request was made to get the post-mortem examination conducted but the local Doctors referred the dead body to higher medical Centre. Post-mortem was got conducted at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala wherein the Board constituted for the said purpose opined as follows:

“No poison detected in exhibit 1. Diesel, Kerosene and petrol not detected in exhibit 2. Fina