IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 30.01.2026 Date of uploading: 30.01.2026 Ram Vilas Pandey ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Amrit Paul Nahar & Mr. Saurav Shukla, Advocates for the petitioner.

Ms. Mahima Yashpal Singla, Senior DAG, Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.39 dated 20.11.2023 registered for offences punishable under Sections 420, 120-B IPC, at Police Station Cyber Crime, Ballabgarh, District Faridabad.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the complainant was allegedly cheated of an amount of ₹13,78,278/- by certain unknown persons through a cyber fraud, on the pretext of performing online tasks. As per the prosecution case, it is alleged that the petitioner had opened a current account in the name of one Samarthaya Tiwari and thereafter handed over the said account to the co-accused, namely Kunwar Dubey, which was allegedly used for the transfer of the cheated amount.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petit