IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 13.02.2026 SUNIL SINGH @ SEELA .....PETITIONER Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEERJA K. KALSON Present:- Mr. Nitin Narula, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Nitesh Sharma, DAG, Punjab.

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NEERJA K. KALSON , J .

1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 BNSS for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.121 dated 30.08.2025 under Sections 64, 62, 115 (2), 333 of BNS registered at P.S. Kathu Nangal, District Amritsar (Annexure P-1), during pendency of trial.

2. As per the prosecution case, on 21.08.2025 the petitioner attempted to forcibly commit a sexual act on the complainant. Further when the complainant resisted, he grabbed her by hair and struck her against the wall. The petitioner, then fled from the spot.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently submits that the FIR has been lodged belatedly and that the complainant was allegedly maintaining a consensual relationship with the petitioner outside marriage, thereby suggesting false implication and malicious prosecution.

4. Learned State counsel has placed on record status report in Court today, which is taken on record. The