IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 22.01.2026 Pronounced on: 01.04.2026 Uploaded on: 02.04.2026 Avtar Singh @ Avtar Mahey ....Petitioner V/s Mohinder Singh and another .…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Argued by: Ms. Sheenu Rapriya, Advocate and Mr. HPS Ishar, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Shashank Bhandari, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. Anuj Garg, DAG, Haryana.

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VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J.

The instant contempt petition, preferred under Article 215 of the Constitution of India and Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the “1971 Act”) alleges willful disobedience of the directions issued by the Supreme Court of India in the case of Arnesh Kumar V/s State of Bihar and another, (2014) 8 SCC 273 and further reiterated in the case of Mohd. Asfak Alam V/s The State of Jharkhand and another, (2023) 10 SCALE 370.

2. The case set up is that an FIR No.157 dated 18.09.2024 (Annexure P-3) was registered at Police Station Nawanshahr, District SBS Nagar, on the statement of one Ms. ‘X’ under Sections 74, 75 and 76 of the Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “the BNS”) against the present petitioner.

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