Baldish Kaur vs State of Punjab - 2024 Supreme(P&H) 513

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 513

KULDEEP TIWARI
Baldish Kaur – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. G.P.S. Ghuman Advocate, Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Brar Advocate, Mr. Jagjit Singh Lalli Advocate, Mr. J.S. Ghumman Advocate, Mr. Kunwar Rajan Advocate, Mr. Anil Kumar Spehia Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Pardeep Bajaj DAG, Punjab, Mr. S.K. Garg Narwana Senior, Advocate, Mr. H.S. Saini Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Kuldeep Tiwari, J.

The amenability of all these petitions for being decided through a common verdict originates from them being arising out of a common FIR, besides common relief(s) being yearned therein.

2. To be precise, in all these petitions, the petitioners seek the relief of them being enlarged on regular bail, in FIR No.08 dated 06.01.2023, under Sections 406/420/370/386/364-A/120-B of the IPC, and, Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014, registered at P.S. Sadar Kharar, District S.A.S. Nagar.

GIST OF THE FIR

3. The genesis of the present FIR is embodied in a complaint made by one Gurpreet Singh son of Manjit Singh (hereinafter referred to as the ‘complainant’). Notably, the complainant has now been transposed as an accused by order of the learned trial Court concerned.

4. Succinctly stated, the allegations levelled in the complaint (supra) are that, the petitioners and their co-accused cheated innocent persons to the tune of crores of rupees, on the pretext of sending them abroad. For ready reference, the relevant extract of the complaint (supra), as reproduced in the present FIR, is extracted hereunder:-

“...Subject: complaint against Bald