CRM-M-71062- IN THE H (109) LOVEPREET SI STATE OF PUNJ CORAM: HON Present: Mr. Ms. S MANISHA BATR 1. The 482 of Bharatiya N of anticipatory b registered under S Nyaya Sanhita, 2 Kapurthala. 2. As pe the complainant V Courts’ and while He struck blows w -2025 (O&M) 1 THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB A CHANDIGARH ET SINGH @ LOVE Versus
PUNJAB HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANIS Aditya Anand, Advocate for the p Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab ****
BATRA, J. (ORAL)
The instant petition has been filed atiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 tory bail in case arising out of FI nder Sections 126(2), 118(1), 351(2), hita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) at Pol As per the allegations, on 09.09.202 nant Vipin Kumar alongwith Sourav while on the way, the accused Gurw lows with khanda on his right arm by JAB AND HARYANA AT ARH
CRM-M-71062-2025 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.02.2026 ... Petitioner ...Respondent ANISHA BATRA
r the petitioner by the petitioner under Section , 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of FIR No.310 dated 01.10.2025 51(2), 190 and 191(3) of Bharatiya at Police Station Kotwali, District 09.2025, while riding on two bikes, ourav and Akash, had left District d Gurwinder Singh intercepted him. arm by coming out of the bushes at M) 2026 oner
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ction grant 2025 atiya strict ikes, strict him. es at AMIT SHARMA 2026.02.25 18:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. CRM-M-71062- once. The compl persons by riding out of panic but tr who was armed w different weapons the weapons that entire incident on was heard by the c he would take ca persons reached After registratio Apprehending his anticipatory bail Kapurthala vide or 3. It is a falsely implicated injuries at the hand though on the ver fired shots at on 10.09.2025 was re this regard. It i sustained a grievo however, how cou -2025 (O&M) 2 complainant did not stop his motorb riding motorbikes stopped them. The but tried to flee to save himself. He w med with a datar and the co-accused apons and they opened an assault upo that they were carrying. The petitio nt on his phone while talking with o y the complainant saying that he (com ke care of everything. On clamour hed there and then the assailants had m stration of FIR, investigation p ng his arrest, the petitioner moved bail which has been dismissed by vide order dated 26.11.2025. It is argued by learned counsel for t icated in this case by the complainan e hands of the petitioner and co-accus e very same day at about 10 PM, he at one Jaswant Singh and a case was registered at Police Station Subh It is further argued that the com rievous injury on his right foot ow could a person having sustained otorbike. However, thereafter 4-5 . The complainant had fallen down . He was encircled by the petitioner ccused, who were also armed with ult upon him and caused injuries by petitioner also made a video of the ith one Sukhwinder Singh Sohi who e (complainant) should be killed and amour being raised by him, several s had managed to flee from the spot. ion proceedings were initiated. oved an application for grant of ed by the Learned Sessions Judge, l for the petitioner that he has been lainant who claim to have sustained accused on the noon of 09.09.2025, M, he alongwith his associates had a case bearing FIR No.194 dated n Subhanpur, District Kapurthala in omplainant has claimed that he at the hands of the petitioner, ained grievous injury at 03:00 PM, 5 own ioner with s by f the who and veral spot. ated. t of dge, been ined 025, had ated la in t he oner, , AMIT SHARMA 2026.02.25 18:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. CRM-M-71062- could be actively debatable questi antecedents. Two him is replete wit the FIR which has is ready to join in recovery is to be deserves to be allo 4. Learn vehemently argue petitioner. His cu proper investigatio not deserve to be a 5. This considerable lengt 6. The p with the co-accuse of the complaina petitioner has plac registered at Poli above said FIR w by one Jaswant Si -2025 (O&M) 3 tively involved in firing shots at 10:0 uestion? The complainant himself . Two cases have been registered again te with embellishments. There is a d ch has not at all been explained by the join investigation. His custodial inte to be effected from him. It is, there be allowed. Learned State counsel while relyin argued that there are serious and sp His custodial interrogation is required stigation in the matter. It is, therefore, to be allowed. This Court has heard the rival subm e length. The petitioner, by forming members accused, is alleged to have caused gr plainant with a datar on 09.09.202 as placed on record a photocopy of F t Police Station Subhanpur, District FIR was registered against the compla ant Singh on the allegations that on th at 10:00 PM on the same date, is a imself is a man having criminal d against him. The story narrated by is a delay of 21 days in lodging of by the complainant/prosecution. He al interrogation is not required. No , therefore, argued that the petition relying on the status report has and specific allegations against the quired for conducting thorough and refore, stressed that the petition does submissions made by the parties at embership of an unlawful assembly sed grievous injury on the right foot 09.2025 at about 03:00 PM. The y of FIR No.194 dated 10.09.2025 istrict Kapurthala showing that the complainant and some other persons t on the night of 09.09.2025 at 10:00 is a inal d by g of . He No tition has t the and does es at mbly foot The 2025 t the rsons 0:00 AMIT SHARMA 2026.02.25 18:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. CRM-M-71062- PM, that Vipin Ku persons had interc at him thereby in report of the comp on 09.09.2025 an which were incise according to whic complainant were on record to test t allegations in the s facie suggest the c He is alleged to b armed with sharp against him are sp settled proposition exercised by the C ordinary circumsta In case custodial Agency, that shal effecting the inve anticipatory bail d criminal cases by avoid any loophol must. Taking into -2025 (O&M) 4 pin Kumar (complainant in the presen tercepted him while having pistols a eby injuring his right arm. Annexur complainant showing that he was adm 25 and as many as 10 injuries were incised wounds. Annexure R2 is a o which injuries No. 1, 2, 4, 7 and t were opined to be grievous in nature. test the veracity of the version as g n the said FIR and the medico-legal re t the complicity of the petitioner in co ed to be one of the active participan sharp-edged weapon at the time of are specific in nature. The case is a osition of law that the powers for gra y the Court in exceptional circumstan cumstance for grant of bail is made o todial interrogation of the petitioner t shall leave many glaring loopholes e investigation. The Court is also req l does not operate as inroad in t es by the trial Court. For conducting e oopholes in the same, the custodial in ng into consideration the above discus present case) alongwith some other istols and had fired shots with bullets nexure R1 is copy of medico-legal as admitted in hospital at 03:40 PM were found on his person most of 2 is a copy of the medical opinion, 7 and 10 found on the person of ature. At this stage, there is nothing n as given in the FIR No.194. The egal report of the complainant prima r in commission of subject offences. ticipants in the occurrence and was me of occurrence. The allegations se is at its nascent stage. It is well or grant of pre-arrest bail should be mstances. No exceptional or extra- ade out in favour of the petitioner. ioner is denied to the Investigating pholes and gaps, thereby adversely lso required to see that an order of d in the normal legal procedure of cting effective investigation so as to dial interrogation of the petitioner is discussed facts but without meaning other llets legal PM st of nion, n of thing The ma nces. was tions well ld be - oner. ating rsely er of re of as to er is ning AMIT SHARMA 2026.02.25 18:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment. CRM-M-71062- to make any comm opinion that the pe is dismissed. 7. Since any, is rendered in 25.02.2026 Amit Sharma


-2025 (O&M) 5 comment on the merit of the case, t the petition does not deserve to be al Since the main petition has been dism ered infructuous. (MA Whether speaking/reasoned:- Yes 
 

case, this Court is of the considered o be allowed. Accordingly the same en dismissed, pending application, if (MANISHA BATRA)
Yes/No
ered same n, if AMIT SHARMA 2026.02.25 18:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this order/judgment.