CRM-M No. 56410 of 2024 · Punjab And Haryana High Court · 2025
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 s. 482
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ss. 3(5), 109, 125, 190, 191(3)
- Arms Act, 1959 ss. 25, 27
Judgment
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH PRESENT: Mr. Nitin Narula, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. M.S. Bhullar, DAG, Punjab. Mr. APS Tung, Advocate for the complainant. **** SANJAY VASHISTH , J. (Oral)
In the present case, on 20.03.2025, following order was passed:-
1. Prayer in the present petition under Section 482 BNSS, 2023, for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0215 dated 26.10.2024, under Sections 125, 3(5) BNS, 2023 and 25, 27 of Arms Act, 1959, registered at Police Station Lopoke, District Amritsar. Counsel for the complainant, appearing on advance notice, 2. informs that FIR in the present incident was registered on 26.10.2024 and till date he has neither been arrested nor submitted himself to the investigating agency. Complainant’s counsel further informs that after registration of the present FIR on 26.10.2024, again petitioner got involved in some other incident as main accused i.e. FIR No.36 dated 17.03.2025, registered at Police Station Lopoke, District Amritsar, wherein the allegations are of firing two shots with unlicensed gun. 3. Petitioner’s counsel appearing along with mother of the petitioner proposes for deferring the hearing in the present petition to enable him to settle the dispute amicably as in the incident in question, nobody suffered injury. 4. List again on 07.05.2025.
Today, it is informed by the learned State counsel that in the present case, wherein the petitioner is seeking the concession of anticipatory bail, during the act of firing a shot, the firearm itself dismantled, as a result JAWALA RAM 2025.05.09 14:46 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document CRM-M-56410-2024 - 2 - of which five live cartridges fell on the ground and were subsequently recovered by the police.
Learned counsel for the complainant also informs the Court that subsequent to the incident in question, petitioner has also been found involved in another incident wherein he allegedly fired a shot upon one ‘Paramjeet Singh’, leading to the registration of FIR No.36, dated
17.03.2025, under Sections 109, 190, 191(3) of the BNS Act, 2023 and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, at Police Station Lopoke, District Amritsar.
In view of above, no ground for anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. (SANJAY VASHISTH) JUDGE May 07, 2025 J.Ram Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No Whether Reportable: Yes/No JAWALA RAM 2025.05.09 14:46 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — ss. 3(5), 109, 125, 190, 191(3); Arms Act, 1959 — ss. 25, 27.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, on 07 May 2025. The bench was SANJAY VASHISTH.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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