IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:07.07.2025 Balbir Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present:- Mr. Aditya Anand, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. G.S. Bhullar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bajwa, Advocate for the complainant.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI J.(Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.32 dated 17.05.2025 under Sections 85, 115(2) and 316(2) of BNS, 2023 (Erstwhile Sections 498-A, 323 and 406 of IPC) registered at Police Station Women Cell, District Police Commissionerate Amritsar.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that this is a case where the petitioner is the father-in-law of the complainant and is 53 years old. He submitted that on 12.06.2025, when notice of motion was issued in the present case, the petitioner was directed to join the investigation and he was granted interim bail. He further submitted that the matter was referred to the Mediation & Conciliation Centre at the District Courts, Amritsar