2025 (10) TMI 1122

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...., 221, 351(1) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 at Police Station Bhikhi, District Mansa. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question pertains to physical assault inflicted upon the complainant namely Bhupinderjit Singh son of Mr. Darshan Singh, aged about 44 years resident of Street No. 26/01, Ajit Road, Bathinda. He alleged that he was posted as In-charge, ETO Mobile Wing Bathinda. The Bhikhi area also falls under the jurisdiction of the complainant. On 13.09.2025, around 8/9 PM, the complainant was going towards Budhlada via Bathinda-Mansa-Bhikhi for routine vehicle checking accompanied by his gunman HC Satpal Singh. When the complainant turned from Bhikhi towards Budhlada, a black Scorpio vehicle bearing registration No. PB 03 3700 started follow....

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....been lodged before the higher authorities regarding harassment. Learned counsel asserts that the allegations levelled against the petitioner in the impugned FIR are entirely baseless and devoid of any credible or cogent material. Moreover, there is no likelihood of the petitioner absconding from the process of justice in case he is enlarged on bail. On strength of these submissions, the grant of anticipatory bail is entreated for. 4. Conversely, learned State counsel has opposed the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner by arguing that the offence committed by the petitioner is serious in nature. Learned State counsel has iterated that the complainant was performing his official duty and he being ETO used to stop and check vehicle....

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....of the petitioner that the complainant was not on duty and demanded bribe is also a question of fact that cannot be adjudicated at the stage of consideration of the anticipatory bail. 7. The seriousness of the alleged offence, use of intimidation and physical assault against a public servant and the potential threat to law enforcement weight heavily against the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. No cause nay plausible cause has been shown, at this stage, from which it can be deciphered that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the present FIR. It goes without saying that in the instant case, the complainant has categorically stated that he was attacked by the petitioner and his associates. The CCTV footage referred ....