IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.03.2026 MANINDER SINGH ......Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.70 dated 04.09.2025, under Sections 406 and 498-A of IPC, registered at Police Station Women, District Police Commissionerate Amritsar.

2. Vide order dated 24.3.2026, the petitioner was directed to join investigation. The said order is reproduced hereinafter:-

“The present petition has been filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 70 dated 04.09.2025, under Sections 406 and 498-A of the IPC at Police Station Women Police Commissionerate, Amritsar.

Both the parties are present in person in the Court today.

In furtherance of various proceedings and earnest efforts made by the counsel as well as the Court, t