JUDGMENT :

NEERJA K. KALSON, J.

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (erstwhile Section 438 Cr.P.C) seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 61 dated 26.07.2023, under Sections 137(2), 96 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, (Corresponding to Sections 363, 366-A of the Indian Penal Code), registered at Police Station Begowal, District Kapurthala (Annexure P-1).

2. That the gravamen of the FIR reflects that the complainant - father of the victim has three children. His elder daughter - victim, aged about 17½ years, is a student of 10+2 class and was found missing from her house on 21.07.2025 after 6:00 p.m. It is further alleged that an amount of Rs.20,000/- and two tolas of gold were also found missing from the almirah of the house. Upon calling on the mobile phone of his daughter, the same was found switched off. Despite best efforts, the complainant and his family members could not trace her whereabouts. Thereafter, the complainant came to know that Harpreet Singh @ Samir had allured and enticed away his minor daughter on the pretext of marriage. Consequently, the present FIR cam