IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 25.03.2026 PANKAJ VIG ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. David Sardana, Advocate for the petitioner (through V.C.).

Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Robin Lohan, Advocate for the complainant.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.88 dated 10.10.2023, under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC, registered at Police Station PS Women Cell, District SAS Nagar.

2. Vide order dated 12.03.2026, the petitioner was directed to join investigation. The said order is reproduced hereinafter:-

“Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of BNSS, is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No. 88 dated 10.10.2023, under Sections 498-A and 323 IPC, registered at Police Station Women Cell, SAS Nagar, Mohali. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the complainant on the sweeping alle