IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 16.02.2026 Date of uploading : 16.02.2026 Lakshay @ Buman ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Vaishali Thakur, (cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:9)(cid:1)(cid:10)(cid:5)(cid:11)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:12)(cid:9)(cid:1)(cid:13)(cid:9)(cid:8)(cid:14)(cid:8)(cid:14)(cid:5)(cid:15)(cid:9)(cid:11)(cid:1)

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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.314 dated 08.12.2025 under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 351(2), 3(5) of BNS, registered at Police Station City Rupnagar, District Rupnagar.

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

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