IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

208 CRM-M-11342-2026 Decided on:- 24.03.2026 Ravi Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Rajdeep Singh, Advocate and Mr. Gaurav, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Barjinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

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AMARJOT BHATTI, J.

1. Petitioner Ravi Kumar has filed petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 28 dated 10.02.2026 under Section 64 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding Section 376 IPC) registered at Police Station Bhawanigarh, District Sangrur.

2. As per the facts of case, prosecutrix ‘SK’ gave her statement that she is about 36 years of age and had done M.Sc. Nursing. In the year 2018, she got married with Amandeep Singh. No child was born out of this wedlock. Matrimonial dispute was going on. She filed a divorce petition in the middle of year 2025. She was working as a professor in National College of Nursing, Khurana, Sangrur, when she came in conta