JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The Prayer in this petition under Section 438 Cr.PC is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.50 dated 05.03.2022 under Sections 406, 420, 468, 471, 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Tripuri, Patiala, District Patiala.

2. The brief facts of the case are that one Shakti Gupta made an application to the investigating agency stating therein that he had seen an advertisement in the newspaper regarding sending people abroad. The said advertisement had been issued by Mannat Immigration. On reading the advertisement he had called on the given numbers and had spoken with Gurdit Singh and Rajvir Singh and enquired about the process and document required for going abroad. Ultimately a meeting took place between him(complainant) and the aforementioned two persons namely Gurdit Singh and Rajvir Singh at Patiala. A sum of Rs.50,000/- was paid by him to the two persons. The aforementioned persons stated that they would charge Rs.8 lacs per person for the Visa of Yogesh Saini and Harjas Singh. A further sum of Rs.50,000/- along with documents of Yogesh Saini and Harjas Singh were given to the aforementioned persons by him (complainant) on 20.10.2020. Thereafter