IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (109) CRM-M-23084-2025(O&M)

Date of Decision:- 23.03.2026 HIMANSHU JOHAR ……Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ……Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK JAIN ****

Present: Mr. Shubham Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

(through VC).

Mr. Amandeep Singh Samra, AAG, Punjab.

Ms. Sanchi Bindra, Advocate for the complainant.

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ALOK JAIN, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed seeking the grant of anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 to the petitioner in FIR No. 14 dated 04.03.2025, registered under Sections 316(2) and 85 of the BNS, 2023 at Police Station Women Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana.

2. Vide order dated 10.03.2026, this Court, while granting the concession of interim anticipatory bail, directed the petitioner to join the investigation.

3. Learned State counsel submits that the petitioner has joined the investigation and that his custodial interrogation is no longer required.

4. However, learned counsel for the complainant submits that despite being granted multiple opportunities, the petitioner has failed to cooperate in the recovery of the dowry articles.

5. Per contra, learned counsel for the petiti