IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 06.4.2026 Kashmir Rajput ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Divyam Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Anmol Malik, DAG, Haryana.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 has been invoked for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 0150 dated 27.3.2025 under Sections 137 and 87 of BNS, 2023, registered at Police Station Old Industrial Panipat, District Panipat.

2. The facts in brief are that on 27.3.2025, the complainant got recorded his statement to the police, alleging therein that on 26.3.2025, at about 4.30 P.M., the petitioner enticed away his minor daughter on the false pretext of marriage.

3. Thereafter, investigation was carried out. The prosecutrix was recovered on 01.4.2025 and her statement under Section 183 of BNSS was recorded.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia submits that the petitioner, aged 19 years, has been falsely implicated in this case by the complainant, who is the father of the prosecutrix. In fact, the petitioner and the prosecutrix we