210 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-20842-2024(O&M) Date of Decision: 05.02.2025 Sahib Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr.P.S. Bhandari, AAG. Punjab.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.120 dated 11.09.2023, under Sections 376 and 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Rajasansi, Amritsar.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is in custody for 1 year, 1 month and 6 days and all the material witnesses including the prosecutrix and the mother of the prosecutrix have already been examined. He submitted that it is a case where the allegations against the petitioner were with regard to committing of rape upon the prosecutrix when she was walking in front of the house of the petitioner and he had pulled her from arms and took her in his room. He submitted that there had been a delay of 22 days in lodging of the FIR and no medical of the pr