Savita Soya vs State of Punjab - 2026 Supreme(P&H) 288

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2026 Supreme(P&H) 288

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL
Savita Soya – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Naveen Kumar, Advocate and Mr. Nikhil Sheoran, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. S.S. Nahar, DAG

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.109 dated 16.05.2025 registered under Sections 143, 318(4) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3 of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act, 2014, at Police Station Model Town, District Hoshiarpur.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner in connivance with other co-accused hatched criminal conspiracy and kidnapped the son of the complainant and cheated her for an amount of Rs.18 lakhs, on the pretext of sending her son abroad.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He submits that the petitioner is employed with Sai Overseas Educational Services as Front Desk Officer and later promoted to Head of Department and she has no affiliation with either Atwal Overseas or with travel agents Dheeraj Atwal and Kamal Atwal. He further submits that except the allegation that the petitioner was present at the time of payment, nothing has been produced to substantiate the claim of making payment

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