IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 23.09.2025 TAJINDERVIR SINGH BHELLEY ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Rishabh Bhandari, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. J.S. Jaidka, Advocate and Mr. Abhishek Khullar, Advocate for the complainant.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

CRM-38429-2025 Allowed as prayed for subject to all just exceptions.

CRM-M-13807-2025

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. (482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.153 dated 10.12.2024, under Sections 80, 85 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023, registered at Police Station Dehlon, District Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana.

2. The contents of FIR are reproduced hereinafter.

“Statement of XXXX D/o Gori Sankar Resident House No. 76 D Block Delta City Village Rania Police Station Dehlon District Ludhiana Age About 54 Years Mobile Number 9988811861 Stated that I am a resident of the said address. I got married to Sushil Kumar, son of Sam Lal, a resident of Village Gausala, Red Division No. 03, Ludhiana. I have three children Among my three children, the eldest daughter is XXXXX, who is about 27 years old, and the younger son is Sarav Sarma, who is about 24 years old. And the youngest boy is Ridhav who is about 18 years old. I got divorced from my husband Sushil Kumar in the year 2013. I am now living in this house with my child. My daughter XXXX was married to Tejindervir Singh son of late Kulbir Singh resident of Kado Road Kulbir Palace Doraha on 09-11-2023. My daughter XXXXX had no children. After the marriage of XXXXX, her husband Tejindervir Singh, mother in law XXXXXX, XXXXX working as maid in their house, her brother Harsh Vardhan, her mother XXXXX, Kaku cousin of Tejindervir Singh, Mani, Amrik, Babri and XXXX lady often started mentally torturing my daughter, on one matter or the other. Mannindervir Singh, brother of Tejindervir Singh is residing Australia along with the family. Mannindervir Singh and his wife XXXXX often used to torture her on phone on one matter or the other. The in-laws family of my daughter XXXXX was demanding more dowry. At the time of marriage of my daughter XXXXX, articles beyond her status was given including 7 gold rings, topus to Rajbir mother in law, topus to XXXXX sister in law, gold ring to brother Mannindervir Singh, gold chain and gold ring to her husband Tejindervir Singh. My daughter was also given gold ear rings of about Rs.4,50,000/-, silver ornaments of about 800 grams. On the occasion of first Diwali of her daughter, my daughter had given Rs.50,000/- to the in-laws family on their demand and no other articles were given. Despite giving the said dowry, her in-laws family used to demand more dowry. On 20.11.2024, the in-laws family of my daughter XXXXXX beaten her and turned her out of the house. In this regard, we moved one application No.857 at Police Station Doraha, where matter could not be resolved. Now on 05.12.2024, Tejindervir Singh, husband and XXXXX, mother in law of my daughter quarrelled with my daughter, so I, along with my sister XXXXX and her husband Rajesh Joshi and Satnam Singh Dhaliwal went to daughter's in-laws house at Doraha, where both the panchayats resolved that XXXXX does not want to keep her son Tejindervir Singh and XXXXX in her house, so Tejindervir Singh and my daughter XXXX had been searching for another rental house, but on the same night, they came to my house. On the next day on 06.12.2024 also, they had been searching for rental house and came to my house in the evening. On the same night at about 7.30 P.M., Tejindervir Singh stated them that he has to make a phone call to his brother Mannindervir Singh and he will return after ten minutes. When after 15 minutes, we came outside, and saw that Tejindervir Singh was sitting in one vehicle. Bunty, his cousin and Mani wer