IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 03.02.2026 DEV RAJ ......APPELLANT Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...... RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. N.K. Banka, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Shubham Bhardwaj, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

CRM-49258-2025 This is an application seeking for placing on record the Partnership Deed and Lease Deed as Annexures P-4 and P-5. For the reasons stated in the application, the same is hereby allowed and the Annexures P-4 and P-5 annexed with the application are taken on record.

Main case

1. An application for anticipatory bail moved by the appellant has been dismissed by the learned Special Judge, Bathinda designated under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on

05.09.2025.

2. Aggrieved of the above-mentioned order, hereinafter being referred to as ‘impugned order’, the instant appeal has been filed.

3. In nut-shell, the facts emerging from record are that for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes