IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

211 Date of decision : 10.11.2025 Ajaypal Singh @ Ajay ….Petitioner V/S State of Punjab and another ….Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present : Mr. Ajay Kumar, Advocate for Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, D.A.G., Punjab.

Mr. Raghav Soni, Advocate for the complainant.

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NAMIT KUMAR , J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.47 dated 24.04.2025 registered under Sections 137(2), 70(2) & 87 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 at Police Station Kamboj, Amritsar.

2. Brief facts relevant for disposal of the present petition are that on 24.04.2025, the father of the prosecutrix made a complaint to the police stating therein that his daughter, who is aged about 16 years, studying in 10^th Class in Guru Nanak Khalsa Saheedian High School, Fatehpur Rajputan, Amritsar. On 13.04.2025, his entire family was sleeping after taking dinner. His wife and daughter were sleeping on a separate bed. At abo