220 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-52368-2024 Date of Decision:29.07.2025 MANPREET SINGH ALIAS MANNA …PETITIONER VS.

STATE OF PUNJAB …RESPONDENT Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr. L.S. Sekhon, Advocate &

Mr. Parshant, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ravneet Singh Joshi, Deputy, A.G., Punjab.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to grant regular bail to him in case FIR No.11 dated 15.01.2022, registered under Sections 307, 341, 506, 148 & 149 IPC & Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 (Section 25 of Arms Act reduced during investigation), Police Station Goindwal Sahib, District Tarn Taran.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the FIR in the present case was registered on the basis of the statement made by Mukhtar Singh Singh son of Ajit Singh. In fact the dispute between the parties had arisen over a trivial issue and there was no reason to cause such injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that even as per the case set up by the prosecution, the petitioner had fired a shot from his pistol which had hit on the shoulder of the Sakatar Si