IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 22.01.2026 Pronounced on: 30.01.2026 Uploaded on: 30.01.2026 YASH KUMAR …Petitioner V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Argued by: Mr. Ajay Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Kanica Sachdeva, DAG Haryana.

None for respondent No. 2.

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SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL, J.

1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No. 31 dated 03.02.2025 under Sections 137(2), 96, 64(1) and 78(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4, 12 and 21 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Police Station Siwani, District Bhiwani. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail.

2. FIR was registered on complaint of mother of the prosecutrix who stated that the day before, on 02.03.2025, at about 11.00 AM, her daughter ‘M’ aged 16 years, had gone missing and her whereabouts could not be traced. Subsequently, ‘M’, daughter of the complainant was recovered on 04.02.2025. Her statement under Section 183 BNSS was recorded. She stated that she was a student of Class 10. On 02.02.2025, her uncle asked her to go from Tosham to ₹

Gurugram with Yash, who would give her 1,000/