212 – 3 cases IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:- 24.02.2025 (1) CRM-M-3891-2025 MANPREET KAUR @ PREETI ....Petitioner Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent (2) CRM-M-6577-2025 DAVINDER KAUR ....Petitioner Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent (3) CRM-M-7217-2025 KAMALJIT KAUR ....Petitioner Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:-HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. Ravi Chadda, Advocate for petitioner (s)

in CRM-M-3891-2025 and CRM-M-7217-2025.

Mr. Yajur Sharma, Advocate for petitioner in CRM-M-6577-2025.

Mr. Gautam Thapar, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Mitul Singh Rana, Advocate for the complainant in all cases. *****

AMARJOT BHATTI, J. (Oral)

1. Petitioners – Manpreet Kaur @ Preeti [in CRM-M-3891-2025], Davinder Kaur [in CRM-M-6577-2025) and petitioner –Kamaljit Kaur [in CRM-M-7217-2025] have filed instant petitions under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.300 dated 27.12.2024 under Sections 67 (A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with Section 77 of BNS, 2023 (corresponding to Section 354 (C) of IPC and Section 61 (2) of BNS, 2023 (corresponding to Section 120-B IPC) registered at Police Station Tanda, Hoshiarpur, Punjab (Annexure P-1). These petitions are taken up together for hearing and decision being arisen out of the same FIR, at request and with consent of learned counsel for the parties.

2. As per facts of case, prosecutrix gave her statement that she got married with Kaka Singh in the year 2009 and out of this wedlock she was having a daughter. In 2010, Kaka Singh went to Italy and did not return back. Thereafter, her parental family and in-laws family arranged her marriage with Sukhwinder Singh son of Baldev Singh in the year 2015. She started residing with Sukhwinder Singh along with her daughter at village Bains Awana. In 2019, Sukhwinder Singh went to USA and could not return back being non-permanent resident of USA. In the year 2019 Manpreet Kaur wife of Gurmeet Singh was working as maid in her house and he managed to prepare one obscene video while she was sharing intimate moment with her husband. When she came to know about said video, she made inquiry who replied that said video has been deleted. Later-on said Manpreet Kaur was turned out of job. In the year 2024 Panchayat elections Amrik Singh, Balwinder Singh @ Nikka and Manpreet Kaur approached her to contest election from their party, but she refused. Manpreet Kaur in connivance with Amrik Singh, Balwinder Singh @ Nikka, Pawanpreet Singh and Bholi wife of Gurmukh and some unidentified persons made said obscene video prepared in the year 2019 viral and by circulating her video outraged her modesty. With these allegations, present FIR has been registered.

3. Learned counsel for petitioner – Manpreet Kaur @ Preeti [CRM-M-3891-2025] denied the allegations. It is pointed out that alleged incident is of the year 2019 and the FIR is lodged in December, 2024. Present FIR has been lodged to settle her political rivalry with her political opponents. Petitioner is a poor lady earning her livelihood by doing menial job. Without considering aforesaid facts, her bail application was declined by the trial Court vide order dated 14.01.2025 (Annexure P-3) whereas anticipatory bail of co-accused Balwinder Singh @ Nikka, Amrik Singh, Pawanpreet Singh @ Lalli and Bholi was allowed vide order dated 14.01.2025 (Annexure P-2). Present petitioner is also ready to abide by the terms and conditions of bail order imposed by this Court.

4. Learned counsel representing petitioner Davinder Kaur [CRM- M-6577-2025] argued that she is falsely implicated in this case. Initially she was not named in the FIR. She was nominated vide G.D. No.28 dated 13.01.2025. There is long delay in lodging the FIR pertaining to the alleged occurrence of 2019. It is further pointed out that other co-accused namely Balwinder Singh @ Nikka, Amrik Singh, Pawanpreet Singh @ Lalli and Bholi named in the FIR are granted anticipatory bail vide order dat