220 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

CRM-M-303-2025 Date of Decision: 27.01.2025 Vishal ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Mr. Naresh Jain, Advocate for the petitioner (through V.C.). Mr. P.S. Bhandari, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Adish Jain, Advocate, for respondents No.2 & 3.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J . (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.48 dated 17.10.2024, under Sections 137(2), 96, 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and Section 64 of BNS, 2023 and Section 4 of the POCSO Act (added later on), registered at Police Station Handesara, SAS Nagar, Mohali.

2. Mr. Naresh Jain, learned counsel for the petitioner has caused appearance through video conferencing and submitted that it is a case where even as per the FIR, the age of the prosecutrix was only 17 years and 11 months at the time of occurrence and the allegations were that the petitioner had taken her away on the pretext of getting marry. He while referring to Annexure P-2 submitted that rather both of them have fil