IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 25.03.2026 HARPREET SINGH … PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ....RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Mohit Kumar Gujjar, Advocate and Mr. Ankit Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Yadwinder Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Ms. Menka Gupta, Advocate for the complainant (through VC).

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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.49 dated 19.11.2025, under Sections 85 and 316(2) of BNS, 2023, registered at Police Station Women Cell, District SAS Nagar, Mohali.

2. Vide order dated 11.03.2026 passed by this Court, the petitioner was directed to join investigation. The said order is reproduced hereinafter:-

“1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of BNSS, is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.49 dated 19.11.2025 under Sections 85 and 316(2) of BNS, 2023, registered at Police Station Women Cell, District SAS Nagar, Mohali.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitione