UMA SHANKAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24100-2026 -1- 254 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24100-2026 Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 Uma Shankar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Rahul Deswal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Kuljinder Dhindsa, AAG, Punjab. Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No.150 dated 27.12.2025, registered under Section 108 BNS, at Police Station Malaudh, Police District Khanna, District Ludhiana. 2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that FIR in the present case was got registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Manjit Kaur. It was alleged that her brother, namely, Satgur Singh, had an affair with Preet Gupta and wanted to get married to her. In the month of November 2025, she received a call from her uncle Harminder Singh that Uma Sankar (petitioner) got registered FIR bearing No.138 dated 24.11.2025 under Sections 137 (2), 96 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 at Police Station Malaudh for taking away her daughter Preeti Gupta. On coming to know, she alongwith her husband Gurmeet Singh ca