(206) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 15.12.2025 DR. RAVLEEN KAUR ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA (ORAL)

Present: Mr. K.K. Goel, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG for the respondent-State Mr. Gursimran Singh Madaan, Advocate for the complainant ****

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below :-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

0089 02.05.2025 Civi Lines 318(4), 220 and Bathinda, District 61(2) of the Bathinda Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’)

2. Brief facts for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by the complainant-Gaurav Kanauria seeking action against the present petitioner and the co-accused Lalit Chhabra and Amrish Vohra for committing fraud with the Government and himself, in connivance with each other. An inquiry was conducted and it was revealed that the Deputy Collector and competent