IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 23.03.2026 GURSEWAK SINGH ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Ms. Jainika Jain, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Luvinder Sofat, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

Mr. S. Singla, Advocate for the complainant.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 of BNSS has been invoked for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 94 dated 09.07.2024 under Section 74 of BNS and Section 10 of POCSO Act, registered at Police Station Kotbhai, District Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab.

2. The translated version of the FIR is reproduced below:-

“Statement of xxxx daughter of Gurpreet Singh, resident of Manakpur (Sirsa), now Bathinda, age about 11-1/2 years, M.No. 903454xxxx, stated that I am a resident of the above said address, my mother xxxx had gone to Gidderbaha. On 31.05.2024, at around 5.30 pm evening, my maternal grandmother had gone to the house of someone for attending the birthday. I was alone at home, I was being playing with walker, then in the mean time my maternal uncle Gursewak Singh son of Sukhdev Singh, resident of Doda, cal