IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-70841-2025 Date of decision: 05.02.2026 JINDERPAL SINGH DHALIWAL ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Inderpreet Singh Kooner, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amritpal Singh Gill, DAG Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0108 dated 15.09.2023 registered under Sections

420, 406 and 120-B IPC, at Police Station Joga, District Mansa.

2. Brief facts of the present case as per the prosecution are that, the petitioner along with co-accused had cheated the complainant for and amount of Rs.12,00,000/-, on the pretext of sending him abroad.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the said offence. He argued that the FIR in question was registered after an unexplained delay of about 05 months, casting serious doubt on the prosecution story. He further argued that all the offences are triable by th