IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 16.02.2026 JINNAT SHEKH @ SHAFIJUL ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Ashish Nagar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab **** (cid:1)

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.0024 dated 09.04.2025 registered under Sections 305 and 331(3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) (Section 317(2) of BNS added later on) at Police Station Division No.4, District Ludhiana.

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of the statement recorded by complainant S.K. Nasim Uddin on 09.04.2025 alleging therein that he was running a jewellery business at Ludhiana and was having a shop therein, where around 15 workers were employed. On 05.04.2025, he had brought gold jewelleries of 200 grams from Sirhind for the purpose of designing. On 06.04.2025, his brother had also brought 300 grams of gold from another jeweler for designing purposes.