IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Anmol Dhawan @ Maula ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: April 17, 2026 Date of Uploading: April 17, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Ms. Jasneet Mehra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.59 dated 19.03.2026, registered under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 3(5) of BNS (Sections 118(2) & (3) of BNS 2023 added later on), at Police Station Sadar, District Amritsar.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that the complainant-Ankush in his complaint moved to the police has alleged that is that on 17.03.2026 at about 5:30 PM, when he was standing on the roadside and talking to his friend Nitin, the petitioner (herein) armed with a datar & wearing an iron kara, alongwith the co-accused namely Sahil, armed with a knife, reached the spot. The complainant has further stated that on seeing them, his friend Nitin fle