IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 03.11.2025 Santokh Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. J.S. Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. Madan Lal Saini, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioners in case bearing FIR No.133 dated 23.09.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 61(2), 115(2), 333, 351(1), 351(3), 324(4), 324(5) of BNS 2023, at Police Station Kathgarh, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that the FIR was registered on the basis of a statement made by complainant Ram Kumar, son of Mohan Lal, resident of Village Natha Nangal, Police Station Kathgarh, District SBS Nagar, who is employed as a primary school teacher. He alleged that on 22.09.2025 at around 2:15 PM, while he was present at his residence along with his family, acc