IN THE 111 Karanbir Singh @ State of Punjab CORAM : HON Present :- Mr. Mr. M VINOD S. BHAR The Bharatiya Nagarik petitioner in case Sections 221, 132 and Sections 25 District Tarn Tara 2. Brief been nominated i under Sections 1 District Tarn Tar police party reach party and on his J15007920 bore 7 in the magazine right pocket of th color blue Make N THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-72 Date of dec ingh @ Karandeep Singh @ Karan VERSUS HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD Mr. Ranjodh Singh Sidhu, Advocate Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr.DAG, Punjab ***** BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The instant petition has been filed agarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for gr n case bearing FIR No.161 dated 1, 132, 121, 262, 263, 190 of the Bha s 25 & 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 n Taran. Brief facts of the present case are tha ated in one case i.e. F.I.R no. 105 d ions 18, 29 of NDPS Act 1985 at rn Taran and regarding the arrest of reached his house. The petitioner was on his search, a PISTOL Make MA bore 7.62x25 mm was recovered from azine of which 2 live cartridges wer t of the pants he was wearing, 02 m Make Motorola, one mobile phon NJAB & HARYANA ARH 72899-2025 (O&M) of decision: 18.03.2026 ...Petitioner ...Respondent INOD S. BHARDWAJ ocate for the petitioner. unjab. filed under Section 482 of the for grant of pre-arrest bail to the ated 25.10.2025 registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 959 at Police Station City Patti, are that the present petitioner has 105 dated 09.06.2025 registered 5 at Police Station Sadar Patti, est of the petitioner in said case, er was apprehended by the police ke MADE IN CHINA Number d from the left side of his waist, es were recovered, and from the , 02 mobile phones, one mobile phone color white LG were SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.23 15:06 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 2 111 CRM-M-72899-2025 (O&M) recovered. While the petitioner was being questioned, his family members i.e. his wife Harwinder Kaur, father Sukhdev Singh son of Kartar Singh, grandfather Kartar Singh son of Kuddan Singh attacked the police party and got the petitioner released from the custody of the police and made him escape. During this, injuries were inflicted on the arms of the complainant ASI Harpal Singh. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that a false version has been put forth by the investigating agency. As a matter of fact, when the police raided the house of the petitioner, he was not present in the house and only the members of his family allegedly entered into a scuffle with the police party on account of misconduct by the police officials. It is contended that the petitioner was not aware, however, the behaviour of the police party was still rude and unbecoming to the female members of the family, which resulted in the unruly incident. 4. Learned State Counsel on the other hand contends that the police had registered one FIR No.105 dated 09.06.2025 after recovery of 200 grams of opium from one Gursahib Singh. A disclosure of Gursahib Singh was recorded to the effect that he had secured the aforesaid opium from the petitioner herein, whereupon the petitioner was nominated as an accused under Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 vide DDR No.20 dated 12.06.2025. On the day of incident, the police party conducted a raid at the residence of the petitioner at Mohalla Chathua Da, Ward No.8, Patti, Tarn Taran, pursuant to receipt of a secret information to the effect that the petitioner is hiding in the house. The petitioner was apprehended inside his house and on his search, an illegal SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.23 15:06 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 3 111 CRM-M-72899-2025 (O&M) pistol made in China No.J15007920, bore 7.62 x 25mm was recovered from the left side of his waist and live cartridges were recovered from the right pocket of his pant which he was wearing alongwith two mobile phones i.e. one colour blue make Motorola and another colour white make LG. He contends that after the petitioner had been arrested, the family members of the petitioner attacked the police party upon a lalkara raised by the petitioner. They tore the uniform of the police personnel present there, secured the release of the petitioner and made him escape from the police custody. 5. It is informed that the petitioner is involved in as many as 04 other criminal cases of which 02 are under the NDPS Act while one FIR No.47 dated 07.04.2021 was registered under Sections 325, 323, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station City Patti, District Tarn Taran and another FIR No.104 of 2019 was registered against him under Section 307 Indian Penal Code, 1860. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the respective parties and have gone through the documents appended alongwith the present petition. 7. It is evident from perusal of the respective contentions that the petitioner was already apprehended by the police and firearms alongwith live cartridges had been recovered from his possession. Thereafter he exhorted his family members to secure his release and the latter opened attack on the police party and secured release of a person (petitioner herein), who was already in police custody. The nature of allegations are serious and involve compromising the majesty of law. The criminal antecedents of the petitioner and the nature of allegations therein further probabalize the SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.23 15:06 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 4 111 CRM-M-72899-2025 (O&M) version put forth by the respondent/State. The defence raised by the petitioner is only to the effect that the petitioner was not present at the house, however, despite a specific query put to him as to the whereabouts of the petitioner at the relevant point of time, counsel for the petitioner does not offer any answer. 8. In the given circumstances, I find that the offences in which the petitioner is required are grievous. The allegations pertain to the attack on a police party and to secure release of an accused in police custody and instead of the petitioner(accused) submitting himself to the process of law and taking recourse to his statutory remedies, the petitioner opted to disregard and challenge the rule of law and opened an orchestrated attack on the police party. The allegations are prima facie serious and extension of undue indulgence is likely to render the law enforcement vulnerable to such attacks. A strong message thus needs to be sent out. Hence, no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. The present petition is dismissed accordingly. 9. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) 18.03.2026 JUDGE Sumit Gusain Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.23 15:06 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document