In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Date of Decision:- 17.02.2026 Vijay @ Jatinder Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present:- Mr. Shivam Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SUBHAS MEHLA , J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.159 dated 04.08.2023, registered under Sections 323, 379 and 34 of IPC (offences under Sections 379-B(ii)

and 506 added later on), at Police Station Ajnala, District Amritsar Rural.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner neither inflicted any injury upon the complainant nor committed the alleged offence of snatching. It is further submitted that the injuries allegedly sustained are simple in nature. Petitioner has clean and clear antecedents, and he is ready and willing to join the investigation.

Accordingly, learned counsel prayed for the grant of anticipatory bail.

3. Notice of motion.

4. Mr. Anup Singh, AAG, Punj