SIMRANJIT KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-72059-2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 131 CRM-M-72059-2025 Date of decision: 08.05.2026 SIMRANJIT KAUR ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Hitesh Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Amrit Pal Singh Gill, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for the complainant. ***** RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Through the instant petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”), the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No.59 dated 19.11.2025 under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) of BNS 2023 and Section 13 of Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act, 2012 registered at Police Station Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur. 2. On 09.03.2026, the following order was passed by the Co- ordinate Bench of this Court: - “The present petitions have been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail for the petitioners in FIR No.59 dated 19.11.2025 under Sections 318(4) and 61(2) of BNS 2023 and Section 13 of Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act, 2012 regis