IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

212 CRM-M-24837-2026 Date of decision: 08.05.2026 LAKHWINDER SINGH @ BITTI ..PETITIONER VS.

STATE OF PUNJAB ..RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. Dhruv Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.

(Through V.C.)

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SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.83 dated 11.04.2025, registered under Sections 303(2) BNS, 2023 (Section 317(2)/111 added later on) at Police Station Sadar Fazilka, District Fazilka.

2. Instant FIR is based on a secret information that petitioner and co-accused namely Karamjit Singh are habitual of committing theft of motors installed in fields and motorcycles.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed for grant of regular bail in following grounds:

(I) the petitioner has been in custody since 11.04.2025, i.e., for more than one year.

(II) alleged offences against the present petitioner are triable by Judicial Magistrate First Class. The trial is proceeding at a slow pace, and no prosecution witness has been examined till date.

(III) The trial is proceedi