CRM-M/21269/2026 of ANANT RAM Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 13 July 2026

1. FIR No.58 d and Section 3 Police Statio anticipatory b

2. order was pa E PUNJAB AND HARYANA H CHANDIGARH

CRM- Date

V/S njab

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHAL Mr. Piyush Setia, Advocate for t Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG, Punj

**** INGH NAGPAL J. (Oral) Petitioner seeks anticipatory ba dated 21.05.2025, under Section 3 of Prevention of Damage to P on Bahawala, Fazilka. This i bail. While issuing notice of motion ssed:- “The instant petition und 2023 (438 of Cr.P.C.), has b anticipatory bail to the petitione 21.05.2025, registered under Se BNS and Section 3 of Prevent Property Act, 1984, at Police Sta

HIGH COURT AT -M-21269-2026 (O&M) of decision: 13.07.2026

…Petitioner

…Respondent LINI SINGH NAGPAL the petitioner. jab.

ail in case arising out of ns 324(3), 326(a) of BNS Public Property Act, 1984, is the first petition for on 20.04.2026, following der Section 482 of BNSS, been filed for grant of er in case FIR No.58 dated Sections 324(3), 326(a) of tion of Damage to Public tation Bahawala, Fazilka. KAPIL

p p -2026 (O&M) Learned counsel for the p dispute regarding the water chan 2024; however, the same was am intervention of the respectable m is submitted that the water chan remains in operational conditi attention of this Hon’ble C photographs of the canal place submitted that the present F 01.05.2025 and, except for the o the Prevention of Damage to Pu all other alleged offences are maximum punishment provided five years. Learned counsel sub not involved in any other case a Thus, learned counsel prayed bail to the petitioner. Notice of motion. Mr. Anup Singh, learned Court, accepted notice on behal and opposed the contentions ra for the petitioner by submitting question had been duly restore Revenue Authorities as well a 2024; however, the same was by the present petitioner, which the present FIR. It is further c channel exists on land specif purpose. With regard to the p

petitioner contended that a nnel had arisen in the year amicably resolved with the members of the village. It nnel continues to exist and ion even at present, and Court is drawn to the ed on record. It is further FIR was registered on offence under Section 3 of Public Property Act, 1984, e bailable in nature, and d for the offence is up to bmits that the petitioner is and has clean antecedents. for grant of anticipatory d AAG, Punjab, present in alf of the respondent–State raised by learned counsel g that the water channel in ed in the presence of the as the Police in the year subsequently dismantled h led to the registration of contended that the water fically reserved for such petitioner’s claim that the

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3. Vid petitioner w investigation -2026 (O&M) water channel is still existing an site, learned State counsel seeks Heard. Taking into considerati circumstances and the submis counsel for the parties, particula is stated to be still in existe condition; that the petitioner ha he is not involved in any other one, the petitioner is directed to when required by the Investiga of arrest, the petitioner be rele furnishing personal bail/surety of Arresting/Investigating Offi hearing subject to the conditi Section 482(2) of the BNSS ( Cr.P.C.). Adjourned to 13.07.2026. Accordingly, State is mentioning the following particu

• Role attributed to the pe

• Evidence collected reg petitioner.

• Criminal antecedents of

• Whether water chann existing and operational o

de order dated 20.04.2026 pa was granted interim bail and n.

nd operational at the same s time to file reply. tion the totality of the issions made by learned arly that the water channel tence and in operational has clean antecedents, and er case except the present o join investigation as and ating Officer. In the event leased on interim bail on bonds to the satisfaction ficer till the next date of tions as envisaged under (erstwhile Section 438(2)

6. directed to file reply, culars in a tabulated form: etitioner. garding complicity of the f the petitioner. nnel in question is still on the same site.” assed by this Court, the d was directed to join

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4. Officer-HC investigation

5. this Court d without comm 20.04.2026, made absolu of Bharatiya

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-2026 (O&M) Learned State counsel, on instru Jagmeet Singh submits that n and is not required for any furth Petitioner has joined investigat dated 20.04.2026. In the circu menting on merits, the petition i granting interim anticipatory b ute, subject to the conditions laid Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS (SHAL

Whether speaking/reasoned Whether reportable

uctions from Investigating t petitioner has joined her investigation. tion pursuant to order of umstances of the case but is allowed and order dated bail to the petitioner, is d down in Section 482(2) S), 2023. LINI SINGH NAGPAL) JUDGE d : Yes/No : Yes/No

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