IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH

112 CRM-M-17866-2026 (O&M)

DATE OF DECISION : 02.04.2026 PRINCE RANDEV .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Aashish Bhagat, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

This petition for pre-arrest bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.288 dated 30.11.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Section 305 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station City Rajpura, District Patiala.

2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Sanjeeta Rani’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above-named complainant that she was a housewife, and that in the same house, where she was residing, her brother-in-law was also living in a separate portion. According to complainant, Prince Randev (petitioner herein), who is the son of her another brother-in-law, namely Sanjeev Randev, was residing with them. As per complainant, she