IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

207 Date of decision: 05.02.2026 Jaspal Singh ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab and another ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State.

Mr. Barjinder Singh, Advocate, for the complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below:-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

244 08.10.2025 Lopoke, District318(4) and 61(2) of the Amritsar Rural Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”)

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by the complainant Surajpal Singh alleging that his marraige was solemnized with Ramandeep Kaur, daughter of the present petitioner on 07.01.2022. Ramandeep Kaur who had done IELTS had applied for issuance of visa to go to Canada. Though the complainant was also desirous to settle abroad and asked his