205 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 25.03.2026 HEMANT ALIAS HEMANT SONI ALIAS BHANU …Petitioner V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. G.S. Sidhu, Advocate for Mr. Karandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Kanica Sachdeva, DAG Haryana.

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SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. (Oral)

1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No. 333, dated 02.12.2025 under Sections 96, 137 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Adampur, District Hisar. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail.

2. On 28.01.2026, following order was passed:

“Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No. 333, dated 02.12.2025 under Sections 96, 137 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Adampur, District Hisar. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the FIR was registered against the petitioner on the allegations that he had enticed away the minor girl on the pretext of marriage. He further submits that at the time when the prosecutrix left home, her age was 17 years and 11 months. After she attained the