207 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.-

Date of Decision : 13.02.2026 Manpreet Kaur @ Muskan .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Lakshay Bector, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hardeep Singh Wadhwa, DAG, Punjab -.-

MANDEEP PANNU J. (Oral)

This is first petition under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 174 dated 20.08.2024, registered under Section 420 of the IPC, 1860 and Section 24 of the Immigration Act at Police Station Sadar Ludhiana, District Ludhiana.

Status report by way of affidavit of Harjinder Singh, PPS, Assistant Commissioner of Police (South), Ludhiana on behalf of respondent no.1 has been filed in the Court today and the same is taken on record.

The present FIR has been registered on the complaint of Rajni Bala, who alleged that the petitioner–accused induced her to go to England on a 5-year work permit visa and, on that pretext, obtained ₹

a total sum of 1,12,500/-. It is alleged that the accused first collected copies of the complainant’s passport, Aadhaar card, photographs and ₹

Cyprus visa on 22.06.2023. Thereaft