IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Mohit Goyal ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Haryana ... Respondent 1. The date when the judgment is reserved 11.02.2026 2. The date when the judgment is pronounced 16.02.2026 3. The date when the judgment is uploaded on the 16.02.2026 website

4. Whether only operative part of the judgment is Full pronounced or whether the full judgment is pronounced

5. The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full Not applicable judgment, and reasons thereof CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Gautam Dutt, Senior Advocate with Mr. Mandeep Budhiraja, Advocate and Mr. Rehan Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Himani Arora, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Arun Kumar Goyat, Advocate for the complainant.

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Manisha Batra, J. (Oral).

1. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking pre- arrest bail in case arising out of FIR No.296, dated 28.08.2024, registered under Sections 406, 420, 409, 506, 120-B IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines Jind, District Jind, on the basis of a written complaint submitted by complainant – Rajender Singh, alleging that in the year 2021, he had opened two savings bank accounts in the name of his wife and himself respectively at HUDA market branch of HDFC bank. Apart from this, some other accounts, which were his independent accounts and also joint with his wife and son as well, were also operative in the same branch. He had availed agricultural loan from the same bank. He alleged that accused Saloni Goyal was deputed as a relationship manager by the HDFC bank. Some days back, he was informed by the bank officials that installments of his agricultural loan were due. Though, the complainant had got the agricultural loan sanctioned, but had never withdrawn the said amount, therefore, he apprised the bank officials regarding the same but on making inquiries, he came to know that the accused Saloni Goyal in connivance with her family members and some other bank officials had got transferred a sum of about Rs.9 Crores from the bank accounts belonging to his family members and himself and had misappropriated the same. He submitted that the petitioner along with his wife Saloni Goyal had been staying as a tenant in his house from the last 5-6 years and by instilling confidence upon him, his wife Saloni Goyal had taken the passbooks, cheque books, FDRs and other documents belonging to the complainant and his family members and kept the same with her by assuring that she would manage them properly. He alleged that on 14.09.2022, an amount of Rs.15 lakh was transferred from the bank account of his wife in the account of one firm, namely, J.D. Suit Collection, which was run by her brother and now she was avoiding to respond to the queries made by the complainant with regard to those transactions. The complainant also disclosed that he had come to know that several bank accounts had been opened by the wife of the petitioner in the name of his family members and himself without his knowledge or concurrence.

2. After registration of the FIR, investigation proceedings have been initiated and the same are underway. Apprehending his arrest, the petitioner moved an application seeking benefit of anticipatory bail, which has been dismissed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jind vide order dated 24.11.2025.

3. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has been falsely implicated in this case. The transaction for an amount of Rs.10 lakhs, which took place on 23.05.2024 in his account from the account of wife of the complainant, was infact made by his wife Saloni Goyal, who was employed in the bank and within half an hour, the said amount had been transferred to the bank account of his wife Saloni Goyal with whom he is no more in subsisting relationship, their relations being strained. He had no knowledge about transfer of the aforementioned amount in his bank account at the outset. Apart from this single transaction, there is no material on record