IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 21.04.2026 Barfat Ansari ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Ms. Divya Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ekompal Sagoo, AAG, Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.140 dated 29.09.2021 registered under Section 302 of IPC (Sections 34 and 201 of IPC added later on), at Police Station Daba, District Ludhiana.

2. Brief facts of the present case are that the petitioner along with other accused murdered one Ram Lagan (brother of the complainant).

Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the death of the deceased. She argued that the petitioner was roped in the FIR only on the basis of suspicion without any concrete evidence. She further argued that if the contents of the FIR are taken to be true, even then no specific role is attributed to the pres