P&H: Rejects Second Anticipatory Bail Plea, Says Cross-Case Is Not a Changed Circumstance
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed Mangat Ram alias Mangi’s second plea for anticipatory bail in a case registered in Jalandhar Rural. Justice Sumeet Goel held that the registration of a cross-case, without more, did not amount to a substantial change in circumstances after the petitioner’s earlier bail plea had been rejected.
The petitioner is accused in an FIR registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. His first anticipatory bail application was dismissed on merits on March 5, 2026. In the second petition, he argued that the allegations were false, that no specific injury to a...
