# SUNITA DEVI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-05-27
Citation: CRM-M 18432/2026
Petitioner: SUNITA DEVI
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 245+174 (1) CRM-M-18432-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 27.05.2026 SUNITA DEVI ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH **** Present: Mr. S.S. Kalra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Manjinder S. Bhullar, DAG, Punjab. SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (ORAL) CRM-23956-2026 1. Prayer in the present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for adding the offence of Section 111(3) of BNS and Section 81 of Juvenile Justice Act, in the heading as well as in prayer clause of the main petition CRM-M-18432-2026. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant-petitioner submits that initially, the FIR was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143(4), 61(2) of BNS. However, later on Section 111(3) of BNS and Section 81 of Juvenile Justice Act were also added by the prosecution, which fact was not in the knowledge of the applicant-petitioner. Due to this reason, while filing the main petition, Section 111(3) of BNS and Section 81 of Juvenile Justice Act, could not be mentioned/incorporated in the head note and prayer clause. Thus, prays for carrying out necessary correction in the head note and pr

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