ADITYA KUMAR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRM-M-22088-2026 1 128 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-22088-2026 Aditya Kumar and others ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents Date of decision: May 13, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 13, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rakesh Nehra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rahul Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab. Mr. Preetinder Singh Ahluwalia, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sushant Kareet, Advocate, Mr. Lovejeet Poonia, Advocate and Mr. Sukhleen, Advocate for respondent No.3. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking to issue directions to respondents No.1 and 2 to not harass the petitioners by calling them for conducting inquiry, in respect of complaints made by respondent No.3, including Complaint No.74774 dated 17.02.2026 pending before learned Additional Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana for offences under Sections 318(1), 316, 111(1), 351(1) of the BNS, 2023 (and any other present or future complaints pertaining to the same allegations; in view of prior affidavit dated 04.12.2025 disclosing prior inquiry report date