AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 20.05.2026 AKASHDEEP SINGH ...... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Ms. Ramandeep Kaur Brar, Advocate for Mr. Inderjeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rohit Bansal, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH . J.(Oral)

1. This petition for anticipatory bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.151 dated 01.12.2024, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 191(3), 190 [ Sections 118(2) added later on] of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Sadar Raikot, District Ludhiana (Rural).

2. Vide order dated 21.01.2026, the petitioner was admitted to interim anticipatory bail, subject to the condition of furnishing bonds to the satisfaction of arresting officer. It was also directed that the petitioner shall join the investigation.

3. Heard.

4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in compliance with order dated 21.01.2026, the petitioner has already joined the investigatio