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.265 dated 19.11.2025 registered under Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Division No.6, District Ludhiana.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner along with other co-accused induced innocent persons into investing their money in their company on the pretext of multiplying the same. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He argued that the petitioner is neither the partner nor a shareholder in the company. He further argued that the co-accused Ramesh Paul is the Director of the said firm and the petitioner has nothing to do with the said offence. He argued that even as per FIR, no direct allegations have been levelled against the petitioner. He argued that as per the averments in the FIR, there was a contract under which the complainants have made payment for which they were receiving returns till March, 2025. He further submitted t