P&H: Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Summoned as Additional Accused in Abetment to Suicide Case

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 11 Aug 2026
Headnotes

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Ss.358, 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306 — Anticipatory Bail — Petitioner was found innocent during investigation and was not prosecuted by the Investigating Agency, but was later summoned as an additional accused u/s.358 of BNSS — Custodial interrogation was...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Summoned as Additional Accused in Abetment to Suicide Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Gurdarshan Lal in a case arising out of an FIR registered under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The petition was filed after he was summoned as an additional accused during trial, even though the police had earlier found him innocent during investigation.

According to the complaint, the deceased had purchased a plot in 2007 and later found that the petitioner and others were allegedly trying to take over possession of it by demolishing boundary structures. The complainant said that on 11 August 2018, the deceased was again...

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