Punjab and Haryana High Court
CRM-M/45515/2026 of BALJINDER KAUR Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS on 10 September 2026
THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.45515 of 2026 Date of Decision:- 10.09.2026 Baljinder Kaur …..Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL ***** Present:- Mr. G.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate and Mr.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CRM-M No.45515 of 2026
Date of Decision:- 10.09.2026
Baljinder Kaur
…..Petitioner.
Versus
State of Punjab and others
.....Respondents.
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL
*****
Present:-
Mr. G.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate and
Mr. P.S. Maan, Advocate
for the petitioner.
Mr. Ravinder Singh, DAG, Punjab.
VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J. (ORAL)
The present petition has been instituted under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS’)
seeking the issuance of directions to respondent No.3 to not to cause unnecessary harassment to the petitioner and her family members.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the son of the petitioner namely Adeshbir Singh is involved in some cases, as a result of which, the police is harassing the petitioner and her family members and is conducting frequent raids. He submits that a direction be issued to the police authorities to not unduly harass the petitioner and her family members.
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3.
Short affidavit of Sh. Harinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub-Division Khadur Sahib, camp at Goindwal Sahib, District Tarn Taran, filed in Court today, is taken on record. The Registry is directed to tag the same at an appropriate place on the case file. The paragraphs No.5 to 9 of the said affidavit state as under:- “5. That it is submitted that the son of the petitioner namely Adeshbir Singh is a well know gangster and he is involved in number of cases relating to extortion and incidents of firing etc. The details of the FIR registered against the son of the petitioner are mentioned in the table below:- Sr No.
Particulars (FIR Number and
Date)
Under Section
Police
Station
1. FIR No.199 dated 25.04.2025 308(4), 3(5) of BNS & 25/27 of Arms Act Goindwal Sahib
2. FIR No.379 dated 07.02.2025 308(4) of BNS Goindwal Sahib
3. FIR No.544 dated 17.11.2025 308(4) of BNS Goindwal Sahib
4. FIR No.579 dated 07.12.2025 308(4) of BNS Goindwal Sahib
5. FIR No.80 dated 07.08.2026 308(4) of BNS Goindwal Sahib
6. FIR No.231 dated 07.05.2026 125 of BNS & 25, 27 of Arms Act Goindwal Sahib
7. FIR No.275 dated 01.06.2026 125 of BNS & 25, 27 of Arms Act Goindwal Sahib
8. FIR No.279 dated 03.06.2026 308(4) of BNS Goindwal Sahib
6. That it is pertinent to mention here that on 13.05.2026, one murder case FIR No.238 dated 13.05.2026 under Section 103 of BNS & 25, 27/54/59 of Arms Act was registered at Police Station Goindwal Sahib against accused Jobanjit Singh alias DC, who is none other than the gang member of Adeshbir Singh i.e. son of the petitioner. It is submitted that YAG DUTT
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during the course of the investigation of the said case, the accused Jobanjit Singh alias DC was arrested and during the course of his interrogation, he suffered his disclosure statement to the effect that he has fired shots and made threat calls at the instance of the Updesh Singh, resident of Jamarai i.e. son of the petitioner. He further disclosed that Sukhreet Singh alias Rinku son of Sardool Singh i.e. Husband of the petitioner, is also involved in case FIR No.231/26 registered under Section 125 of BNS & 25, 27/54/59 of Arms Act. On the basis of the disclosure statement of the accused, Sukhreet Singh alias Rinku son of Sardool Singh i.e. Husband of the petitioner, was nominated in the case FIR No.231/26 registered under Section 125 of BNS & 25, 27/54/59 of Arms Act. It is further submitted that the accused Jobanjit Singh is involved in total five cases, the details of which is as follows: i. FIR No.36 dated 25.04.2023, under Section 379, 411 of IPC, registered at Police Station Division IV, District Jalandhar.
ii. FIR No.66/2026, under Section 125 of BNS & 25, 27, 54/59 of Arms Act, registered at Police Station Division IV, District Jalandhar.
iii. FIR No.120 dated 03.03.2026, under Section 308(4) of BNS, Police Station Goindwal Sahib.
iv. FIR No.227 dated 04.05.2026 under Section 25/27/54/59 of Arms Act & 308(4) of BNS, registered at Police Station Goindwal Sahib.
v. FIR No.238 dated 13.05.2026 under Section 25/27/54/59 of Arms Act & 103, 61(2) of BNS, registered at Police Station Goindwal Sahib.
7. That it is submitted that the father in law Sardool Singh of the present petitioner has earlier approached to this Hon'ble Court vide CRM-M-58756 of 2025, wherein the Hon'ble Court directs consideration of the representation YAG DUTT
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dated 15.09.2025. It is submitted that the representation dated 15.09.2025 was duly looked into and no evidence of any harassment came on record.
8. That it is submitted that the local police authorities are performing their official duties with due diligence, sincerity and in accordance with law. The police authorities remain committed to maintaining law and order and ensuring the safety and security of the general public while discharging their duties in a fair, impartial and citizen-friendly manner. The police officials make every endeavour to address the grievances of the public in a courteous and lawful manner and to ensure that their official duties are discharged without causing any unnecessary inconvenience to any person.
9. That as far as the contents of the representation dated 10.07.2026 are concerned, the same have been duly looked into with due diligence. In this regard, a detailed enquiry was conducted and, upon such enquiry, no evidence substantiating any harassment, inconvenience or prejudice caused to the petitioner or her family members came on record.”
4. It has categorically been stated in the said affidavit that earlier also, the father-in-law of the petitioner had filed a petition (CRM-M No.58756 of 2025) which was disposed of with a direction to consider the representation dated 15.09.2025, which was duly looked into and no evidence of harassment came on record. It has further been submitted that the representation dated 10.07.2026 has also been looked into and a detailed inquiry was conducted. However, no evidence substantiating any harassment has come to light.
5. Learned State counsel, on instructions, submits that the respondents are duty bound to proceed in accordance with law and no YAG DUTT
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undue harassment shall be caused to the petitioner or her family members.
6. In view of the same, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no grievance subsists at this stage and the petition be disposed of.
7. The petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the said affidavit and the statements given by learned counsel for the parties.
(VIKRAM AGGARWAL) September 10, 2026
JUDGE Yag Dutt
Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No
Whether Reportable: Yes/No YAG DUTT
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