VARSHA MAHANT AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-29970-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 236 CRM-M-29970-2026 Date of decision: 29.05.2026 VARSHA MAHANT AND ANOTHER ......PETITIONERS Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ..... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Kuldip Singh Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. 1. This petition for bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioners under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. This petition has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.299 dated 12.09.2025 for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 118(1), 109, 351(2), 191(3), 190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Police Station Sadar Kharar, District S.A.S. Nagar Mohali. 2. Briefly stating the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being at the instance of ‘Maniksha Mahant’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above-named complainant that on 06.09.2025, at about 06:30 PM, when she was going home in her vehicle make Bolero, bearing Registration No.PB-65-BK-7786, driven VIPIN KUMAR 2026.05