IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

208-1 Date of decision: 17.09.2025 Sandeep Kaur and another ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS Smt. Kiran and another ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Harminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Mr. J.S. Mahel, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG Punjab.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

The instant petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C.

for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner(s) in criminal complaint bearing No.COMA/206/2017 instituted on 28.09.2018 under Sections 323, 325, 452, 379-B, 411, 427, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, pending before the Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Gurdaspur, wherein the petitioners have been summoned vide order dated 13.01.2020.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners contends that respondent No.1-complainant had instituted the proceedings against three persons including the petitioners. He contends that the complainant is married to a Dy. Superintendent of Police in the State of Punjab and petitioner No.1’s