IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 21.04.2026 Maninder Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Jasraj Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sahil Chowdhary, AAG, Punjab.

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MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral)

1. This is a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 482 Cr.P.C.) for setting aside of order dated 02.03.2026 passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dasuya, in case titled as “State of Punjab versus Maninder Singh etc.” (CHI/366/2021), arising out of FIR No.80 dated 07.09.2020, registered under Sections 323, 324, 452, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station Garhdiwal, District Hoshiarpur, whereby learned trial Court has ordered the cross-examination of three prosecution witnesses, namely PW-1 Sarabjit Kaur, PW-2 Puran Chand and PW-11 Baldev Singh, to be treated as ‘Nil’.

2. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned order passed by learned trial Court is wholly arbitrary, illegal and against the settled principles of criminal jurisprudence. It is arg