IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

209 CRM-M-5062-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 30.03.2026 Jagjeet Singh …..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NEERJA K. KALSON Present:- Mr. Ankit Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gorav Kathuria, DAG, Punjab.

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NEERJA K. KALSON, J .

1. This petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 91 dated 26.06.2024, registered under Sections 346, 376-D IPC and under Section 4 of the POCSO Act (charge framed under Sections 450, 328, 363, 365, 366, 346, 376-D IPC and under Sections 5 & 6 POCSO Act) registered at Police Station Sadar Faridkot, District Faridkot.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on the intervening night of 11.06.2024, the prosecutrix was allegedly abducted from her house after being administered some intoxicating substance. It is alleged that the petitioner along with his co-accused kidnapped and wrongfully confined the prosecutrix and thereafter committed gang rape upon her. The prosecutrix returned home and her statement was recorded on 26.06.20