IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH G@ A ... Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ... Respondents

1. The date when the judgment is reserved 06.05.2026 2. The date when the judgment is pronounced 08.05.2026

3. The date when the judgment is uploaded on the 8.05.2026 website

4. Whether only operative part of the judgment is Full pronounced or whether the full judgment is pronounced

5. The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full Not applicable judgment, and reasons thereof CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Sanjay Verma, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr. Neeraj Poswal, AAG, Haryana, for the respondent.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Dhiman, Advocate, for the respondent No.2-complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA , J.

1. The instant appeal has been filed under Section 14-A (2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)

Act, 1989 (for short ‘the SC/ST Act’) by the appellant challenging the order dated 09.04.2026 passed in case arising out of FIR No.620 dated 29.09.2024 registered under Sections 3(5), 115(2), 126, 190, 191(3), 333 and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”) and Section 3(1) (r) (s) of the SC/ST Act at Po