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

CRM-M-62641-2024 Date of Decision: 13.02.2025 ****

Prabhjot Kaur ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Ms. Tarranum Madan, Advocate for the petitioner.

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

Mr. C.S. Jatana, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J . (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.0022, dated 22.11.2024, under Sections 498-A & 406 IPC, registered at Police Station Women Cell, Bathinda.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the present FIR was registered on the basis of the complaint made by respondent No.2, who is the brother of the bride, namely, Navpreet Kaur against the petitioner and her brother, namely, Amritpal Singh and her husband, namely, Baljit Singh and also against some other co-accused. She further submitted that the petitioner being the sister-in-law has been falsely implicated in the present case on the ground that she