IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-25743-2026 Date of decision: 21.05.2026 DHARAMINDER SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Raghav Gulati, Advocate and Mr. Rahul Kesar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0069 dated 08.04.2026 registered under Sections 256, 336(2), 336(3), 339, 340(2) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Sadar Tarn Taran, District Tarn Taran.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner in connivance with other co-accused used forged signatures of ASI Balbir Singh and affixed on the verification report by giving ‘no objection’ to release the passport of accused Shehnaz Singh @ Shehnaz Binder, thereby facilitating his escape abroad despite having the knowledge of his criminal antecedents. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the prese