Gurdeep Singh v. State of Punjab
ANTICIPATORY BAIL (S.482 BNSS) – EXTRAORDINARY REMEDY, TO BE USED SPARINGLY
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-M No.3690 of 2025, Punjab & Haryana HC (Manisha Batra, J.), decided 18.07.2025 (reserved 15.07.2025): anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS refused in DDR No.11 dated 21.12.2024 (Ss.420, 465, 467, 471, 120-B IPC, PS City Rupnagar), a cross case to the petitioner's own FIR No.209 dated 30.10.2024 (Ss.329(3), 331, 62 BNS); allegations of forging/manipulating Jamabandi 2013-14 and mutation to divert father Karam Singh's property (2/3rd share) through mother Jagir Kaur; Sessions court's rejection of pre-arrest bail upheld in effect; custodial interrogation held necessary to trace conniving revenue officials; no exceptional circumstances for anticipatory bail.
What did the court decide?
The custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required, both to elicit the manner in which the name of his mother was incorporated in the revenue record without completing necessary formalities and to ascertain the identity of the other persons involved in the occurrence.