Three petitioners — Ashutosh, Chand Thakur, and Shiv Kumar — filed petitions before the Himachal Pradesh High Court seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with FIR No. 359 of 2025 registered at Police Station Sadar, Una, for offences under Sections 109, 190, 191(2), 191(3), 115(2), and 117(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution alleged that the petitioners and their associates attacked a group with sharp-edged weapons after a birthday party, causing grievous injuries to multiple victims including Purjinder Singh, who required urgent surgical intervention; CCTV footage reportedly corroborated the attack and showed Ashutosh instigating co-accused Sarul Kapila to 'kill' the victims. The petitioners contended they were falsely implicated, that the incident was sudden and unpremeditated, and that the actions of their group were in exercise of private defence after Parminder shot Ashu Puri. The State and the victim's counsel opposed bail, arguing the offence was heinous, punishable with life imprisonment, and that the acts were deliberate and retaliatory rather than defensive. The court noted the Supreme Court's position that anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy to be exercised sparingly, and was in the process of applying those parameters to the facts when the provided text ends.