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)/ Petitioner, an accused in case FIR No.415 dated 19.11.2025 registered against him, under Sections 420/370(2)/120-B IPC and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act, 2014 at Police Station City Kharar, District SAS Nagar, has filed the petition for grant of pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of BNSS.
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4 In Nikita Jagganath Shetty @ Nikita Vishwajeet Jadhav vs. The State of Maharashtra and another, 2025 AIR SC 3375, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that "Anticipatory bail is an exceptional remedy and ought not to be granted in a routine manner."
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"+- !( + !" .+" ' +%1(1('(( - Resultantly, petitioner has not been able to make out a case of exceptional depravity/hardship in her favour, entitling her for the grant of this extraordinary relief of pre-arrest bail.
The petition being devoid of merit, is hereby dismissed. . *+/ '' 6 1 =(( !2-9 " @E 9# =((! + @E 9#