IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 07.04.2026 RAHUL KAPOOR .....Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Satnam Singh Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Yadwinder Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Arjunveer Sharma, Advocate for the complainant.

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KIRTI SINGH, J. (ORAL)

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 438 Cr.P.C. has been invoked for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.67 dated 01.08.2025 under Sections 316(2) and 85 of BNS, registered at Police Station Women, District Ludhiana.

2. The contents of the FIR are reproduced hereunder:

“Sir, it is requested that I, xxxx, wife of Rahul Kapoor, currently resident of House No. 3876, Street No. 12, New Madhopuri, Ludhiana, make the following application to you That the marriage of the applicant with accused No. 1 took place with great pomp and show with Hindu rituals on 28-07-2021 at Malhotra Resort, Ludhiana. It was an arranged marriage and the parents of the applicant had paid all the above-mentioned fees. The marriage was arranged as per the demand of the accused and the bride, jewellery etc. were given as per th