CRM-M/46175/2026 of LAKHRAJ PAL @ LAKHRAJ SINGH Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 2 September 2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M-46175-2026 Date of decision: 02.09.2026 Lakhraj Pal @ Lakhraj Singh ...Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG, Punjab.

*** VIKRAM AGGARWAL,

J. (Oral) The prayer in the present petition preferred by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS’), is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.95 dated 29.04.2026, registered at Police Station Nakodar Sadar, District Jalandhar Rural, under Sections 109, 115(2), 118, 191(3), 190, 351(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNS’).

2. On 19.08.2026, the following order was passed by this Bench:- “Prayer in the present petition preferred by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS’), is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.95 dated 29.04.2026 under Sections 109, 115(2), 118, 191(3), 190, 351(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNS’), registered at Police Station Nakodar Sadar, District Jalandhar Rural. On the statement of one Harsahil Singh @ Sahil, the FIR in question was registered, the translated version of which (as given in Annexure P-1) is NEERAJ

as under:- “Statement of Harsahil Singh alias Sahil, son of Balwinder Singh, resident of Ismailpur, Police Station Mehatpur, District Jalandhar Rural, age around 20 years, Phone No.97818-27139. Stated that I am a resident of the above address and I pursue a Hotel Management course at City College, Shahpur, Jalandhar and I come and go in the college bus. My friend Harman Deep Singh son of Satnam Singh, resident of Umrewal Billa, Police Station Mehatpur, also studies at City College and travels with me and travels alongwith me. On 28-04- 2026, as usual, I was returning home sitting in City College Bus Route No. 25. At around 05:00 PM, when our college bus reached near the JIO Petrol Pump, three cars i.e. a white Bolero, a black Phar Roxx bearing registration no.PB-08-FU-4114, black and a white scorpio black coloured without number alongwith two motorcycles including a Platina and one another motorcycle, ridden by youths, overtook our college bus, stopped in front of it, and surrounded it. The occupants got out of the Thar, Bolero Jeep, Scorpio and motorcycles and blocked our college bus. From the vehicles, Dalvir Singh alias Baba son of Raj Kumar, resident of Ismailpur, Police Station Shahkot armed with a iron Datar, Talwinder Singh alias Teji son of Paramjit Singh, resident of Khanpur Dhadda, Police Station Sadar Nakodar armed with a Kirpan, Aman Kumar alias Aman, son of Manjit Singh, resident of Talwandi Salem, Police Station Sadar Nakodar armed with a Baseball bat, Parvinder Singh alias Param son of Sucha Singh, resident of Nasirewal, Police Station Sultanpur, District Kapurthala armed with a Hockey, Jaskirat Singh resident of Gatti Raipur, Police Station Lohian armed with iron dattar, Ajay Preet r/o Dhandowal, PS Shahkot armed with baseball, Sahib Singh s/o Baljit Singh r/o Ismailpur, PS Shahkot armed with kirpan, Harsh r/o Kadian, PS Sadar Jamsher Khas, Commissionerate Jalandhar armed with baseball, Hardeep Singh alias Deepa s/o Sabi r/o Talwandi Salem, PS Sadar Nakodar armed with baseball, Sagar s/o Arjan alias Bittu r/o Talwandi Salem, PS Sadar Nakodar armed with iron dattar alongwith 10 other unidentified persons who were having dattars and kirpans with them, who can be identified by me on being paraded, alighted and came and Dalvir Singh alias Bawa boarded into our college bus and raised lalkara and said that he is sitting, NEERAJ

catch hold of him, don't let him go and kill him. Alongwith him, Talwinder Singh alias Teji entered in the bus and gave a kirpan blow upon my head with intention to kill me. I raised my right arm to save myself then the blow hit on my right arm, below the elbow. If I would not have raised my arm then the kirpan would have hit on my head. Then Dalbir Singh alias Bawa gave dattar blow upon my head with intention to kill which hit on the right side of my head on the backside of my right ear. In the meantime, many youths entered into the bus, out of whom, Aman Kumar alias Aman gave baseball blow upon me which hit on my left arm below the elbow. In the meantime, Parvinder Singh alias Param gave hockey blow upon me which hit on my left hand. Then Jaskiran Singh gave his dattar blow from its reverse side upon me which hit on my right ear and the students sitting in the bus including boys and girls raised hue and cry then the remaining youths remained standing while stopping our bus and kept on abusing me and threatening to kill. This entire thing was done by Lambar r/o Ali Chak, PS Lambra after get conducted my recci, on the advice of Tarun and Dilawar, and have caused injuries to me by sending the abovesaid youth. This entire incident has been witnessed by Harmandeep Singh s/o Satnam Singh r/o Umarwal Billa, PS Mehatpur who was sitting with me in the college bus and on seeing beatings to me, many passersby started gathering on the road. On seeing gathering of people, the assailants fled away from the spot alongwith their respective weapons by abusing. The driver of our college bus got me to Civil Hospital Nakodar in the bus itself for treatment. Where my uncle's son namely Ravinderpal Singh got me admitted where I am under treatment. This entire incident has been caused by all the abovesaid in connivance with each other by giving beatings to me after stopping my college bus. I am claimant. Legal action be taken against them. Statement has been got recorded, heard is correct. Sd-Harsahil Singh.” Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. He submits that the petitioner was not named in the FIR and has been arraigned on the basis of a disclosure statement of co-accused Hardeep Singh. He further submits that no overt act is attributed to the petitioner. He submits that the main accused Talwinder Singh alias Teji and NEERAJ

Dalbir Singh alias Bawa are already in custody. He submits that the antecedents of the petitioner are clean and the petitioner is willing to join investigation and abide by any condition imposed by the Court. Notice of motion. Mr. Ravinder Singh, DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent-State. List on 02.09.2026. In the meantime, the petitioner is directed to join investigation. In the event of arrest, he shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting/Investigating Officer, subject to compliance of the provisions of Section 482(2) of the BNSS.”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance with the aforesaid order, the petitioner has duly joined the investigation.

4. Learned State counsel, on instructions from the Investigating Officer who is present in Court, submits that in compliance with the order dated 19.08.2026, the petitioner has duly joined the investigation and his custodial interrogation is not required.

5. In view of the above, the present petition is allowed. The order dated 19.08.2026 passed by this Court is made absolute, subject to compliance of the provisions as envisaged under Section 482(2) BNSS.

(VIKRAM AGGARWAL) 02.09.2026

JUDGE neeraj Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes No Whether Reportable : Yes No NEERAJ