Kala Singh Bhakar vs State of Punjab

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2026 Supreme(P&H) 85

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL
Kala Singh Bhakar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Nitin Garg, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Amit Shukla, DAG, Punjab.
For the Complainant :Mr. Dhiraj Jindal, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.206 dated 03.09.2024 registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of IPC, at Police Station Bhawanigarh, District Sangrur.

2. Brief facts of the prosecution case are that the petitioner along with co-accused, under a pre-planned conspiracy, duped the complainants for a sum of Rs.15 lakhs, on the pretext of securing jobs to them in Electricity Department. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern or involvement with the alleged fraud. He further argued that the petitioner is neither the beneficiary, nor has received any amount. He argued that petitioner has been roped in the present FIR unnecessarily as it was the co-accused Sunil Kumar who was acquainted with the complainants and the said co-accused has already died in the year 2023 and in order to recovery the money, the complainants have lodged the present FIR against the petitioner. He submitted that as per the prosecution, the alleged paymen

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