IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 10.09.2025 RANJEET ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Gaurav Tyagi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Luvinder Sofat, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

CRM-36157-2025 Allowed as prayed for subject to all just exceptions.

Main case

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 BNSS has been invoked for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.73 dated 27.03.2025 under Sections 96 and 137(2) of BNS (Section 64 of BNS added later on), and Section 4(1) of POCSO Act, registered at Police Station Dera Bassi, District SAS Nagar.

2. The translated version of the FIR is reproduced below:-

“Copy statement, "Statement of Jatinder Kumar son of Mahesh Kumar resident near Inter College Shub Devi, Holi Chowk Mohalla, Hassanpur, Police Station Hassanpur, District Amroha, U.P. Current tenant V.K. Rai, Back Side Sheetla Mata Mandir, Pandawala Mod Mubarikpur Police Station Derabassi District SAS Nagar Mob No: 99882-xxxxx, 98159-xxxxx, stated that I am a resident of the above address and I work at the repair workshop of Pok Line JCB near