IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :23.01.2026 Jasmer Singh @ Jassi and another ......Appellants Versus State of Punjab and another ...... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr.G.S.Sirphikhi, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Jasdev Singh Thind, DAG, Punjab. SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

1. For the commission of offence punishable under Section under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, hereinafter being referred to as ‘BNS’ and Sections 3(1)(S) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, hereinafter being referred as ‘SC & ST Act’, the FIR No.198 dated 14.07.2025, has been lodged in Police Station Dera Bassi, SAS Nagar, Mohali. Since the appellants are apprehending arrest in the present case, they moved an application for anticipatory bail which was dismissed by the learned Special Judge designated under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.

2. Aggrieved of the order dated 11.11.2025, hereinafter being referred as ‘impugned order’, the present appeal has been preferred on the ground that the imp