IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

203 Date of decision: 16.04.2026 Himanshu Ghai @ Damru ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Nagar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below:-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

14 14.01.2026 Sultanpur Lodhi,109, 115(2), 191(3), District Kapurthala 190 and 126(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”) (351(2)

of BNS added later on)

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement recorded by the complainant Simranjit Dhir alleging that on the night of 13.01.2026 while taking a walk, she had reached near the shop of her nephew Vijay Kumar and had seen the petitioner along with the co- accused and some other unknown persons while standing outside his shop and assaulting Arshdeep son of Jogi