Jishan Khan v. State of Punjab
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; CRM-M-31561-2025; Jishan Khan v. State of Punjab; decided 04.06.2025 by Justice Alok Jain (oral). Anticipatory bail under Section 85 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita in FIR No.06 dated 25.03.2025, Police Station Women Malerkotla, District Malerkotla. State alleged concealment of material facts (para 12 of petition) and disclosed four other FIRs: 89/07.08.2017 (341, 323, 379-B IPC, Passiana); 191/19.08.2017 (382, 411, 341 IPC, Sadar Patiala); 88/07.04.2018 (379 IPC, Tripura District Patiala); 94/08.07.2019 (161 Excise Act, Urban State). Complainant (through Abdul Aziz, Advocate) alleged post-FIR uploading of obscene photographs on social media; complaint under investigation. Petition dismissed as withdrawn at petitioner's request; no bail merits decided; no precedent applied.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; on the prayer of learned counsel for the petitioner, permission to withdraw the petition was accepted and the petition was dismissed as withdrawn at this stage, to enable him to verify the facts.