IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-64289-2025 Gouri Sharma ....Petitioner V/s The State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of decision: 14.11.2025 Date of Uploading: 14.11.2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Tarun Jhatta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

Mr. Mohit Giri, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.0207 dated 10.10.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 24 of the Immigration Act at Police Station Kot Ise Khan District Moga.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question pertains to defrauding the complainant namely Gurwinder Singh Maan son of Daljit Singh. He alleged that in April 2024, he came across a social media advertisement allegedly issued by the petitioner and co-accused for facilitating Canadian work permits on a “payment-after-permit” basis. B