Kamal Kalra vs State of Haryana - 2026 Supreme(P&H) 143

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2026 Supreme(P&H) 143

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL
Kamal Kalra – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. K.S. Nalwa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Virender Singh Sandhu, Advocate, Mr. Jaspreet Singh Rai, Advocate and Ms. Sanya Gupta, Advocate
For the Respondent:Ms. Shaveta Sanghi, DAG, Haryana, Mr. Shailender Singh, Advocate, Ms. Simran Sidana, Advocate and Mr. Abhiraj Singh, 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.96 dated 20.05.2025 registered under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC, at Police Station Sector-37, Gurugram.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner in connivance with co-accused siphoned off huge amount of money from the complainant company. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submitted that the petitioner has been nominated in the present case solely because of the reason that he is the brother-in-law of co-accused Lovish Bahree. He further submits that the present FIR has been lodged after an unexplained delay of two years, casting serious doubt on the prosecution story. He further submitted that the entire case of the prosecution rests exclusively on documentary material like e-mails, invoices, bank entries, account software records and allied documents and all the said documents are already in the possession of the investigating agency. Hence,

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