IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 19.02.2025 Date of decision: 25.02.2025 Kewal Singh ...Appellant Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. P. S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the appellant.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Sumeet Pal S. Sidhu, Advocate for Mr. Ramandeep Singh Brar, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

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MANISHA BATRA, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 14-A (2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘the SC/ST Act’) by the appellant challenging the order dated 26.11.2024 passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran, whereby an application filed by them under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No. 93 dated 01.11.2024, registered under Sections 296 and 351 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Section 3(1) of the SC/ST Act at Police Station Valtoha, Tarn Taran, had been dismissed.

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of this appeal are that the aforementioned FI