HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Bail App. No. 167/2026 c/w CRM(M) No. 810/2026 Shokat Ali & Anr. ……Petitioners Through: Mr. Basit Manzoor Keng, Advocate Vs UT of J&K & Ors. .….Respondents Through: Mr. Eishaan Dadhichi, GA for R-1 & 2 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (05.08.2026) Bail App. No. 167/2026 01. The applicants/petitioners have filed this bail application under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, (BNSS), 2023, for grant of bail, in anticipation of their arrest, without approaching the jurisdictional Sessions Court. The applicants/petitioners are, accordingly, well advised to approach the Sessions Court first, for seeking the appropriate relief. 02. Accordingly, the bail application is disposed of, along with all connected applications, if any. CRM(M) No. 810/2026 03. The petitioners, through the medium of the present petition, filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, (BNSS), 2023, seek Supplementary List-2 Serial No. 86 2 Bail App. No. 167/2026 c/w CRM(M) No. 810/2026 quashment of FIR No. 0132/2026, registered on 16.07.2026 at Police Station, Poonch, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 308(2), 352, 351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, (BNS), 2023, and Sections 4 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012. 04. Heard. 05. Notice. 06. Notice, on behalf of the respondents Nos. 1 and 2, is waived by Mr. Eishaan Dadhichi, learned GA. Reply/objections be filed before the next date of hearing. 07. Notice, returnable within four weeks, be issued to the respondent No. 3. 08. Requisites be filed within a week’s time. 09. List on 14.09.2026. 10. Meanwhile, subject to objections from the other side and till next date of hearing before the Bench, it is provided that the investigation, if concluded into the charge-sheet, same shall await to be laid before the competent court of law, qua petitioners. (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE JAMMU 05.08.2026 SUNIL