IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 02.04.2026 Rahulpreet Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. Karamjit Singh Maangat, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kamalpreet Bawa, DAG, Punjab.

AARADHNA SAWHNEY , J (ORAL)

1. Petitioner, an accused in case FIR No.15 dated 30.10.2025 registered against him, for commission of offences punishable under Sections 318(4) of BNS registered at Police Station Cyber Crime Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur, has filed the instant petition, praying for grant of pre-arrest bail.

2. Relevant facts necessary for disposal of this petition are being taken from para 5 of the Status report filed by way of affidavit dated 19.02.2026 of Manoj Kumar, DSP, Crime against Women and Children, Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur on behalf of respondent-State, which read as under:

“5. That, the deponent humbly submits that the brief facts of the case are that the present FIR case was registered on the statement of the complainant namely Harpreet Singh son of Darshan Singh, who stated that he is working as Chef in the restaurant an