IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH

221 Date of decision: 06.02.2026 HARMANDEEP SINGH …Petitioner V/S STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Argued by: Mr. Gagandeep Singh Virk, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Akash Yadav, AAG Punjab.

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SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL, J.

1. Order dated 19.01.2026 of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana, declining prayer of the petitioner to travel abroad has been assailed by way of this petition under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

2. Petitioner and his son Bhavdeep Singh are accused in FIR No. 57 dated 14.04.2025 under Sections 316(2), 85, 115(2), 351(2), 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Dhaka, District Ludhiana registered on complaint of his daughter-in-law Ramandeep Kaur. He moved an application before learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana for permission to visit United State of America for a period of 04 months w.e.f. 01.02.2026 to 30.05.2026. Vide order dated 19.01.2026, learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ludhiana declined his prayer on the ground that offences were serious in nature and there were chances of the petitioner fleeing from j