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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 17.02.2026 Kuldip Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: Mr. Sandeep Godara, Advocate, for Mr. Ajay Pal Singh Rehan, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Satnampreet Singh Chauhan, DAG, Punjab.

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NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.42, dated 20.05.2022, under Section 420 of IPC, Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014 and Section 24 of the Immigration Act, 1983, registered at Police Station Sadar, Pathankot, District Pathankot.

2. Status report by way of an affidavit dated 27.11.2025 of Sukhjinder Pal Singh, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rural), District Pathankot, on behalf of the respondent-State, filed in the Registry, is taken on record.

2-A As per allegations, petitioner cheated the complainant and received Rs.13,00,000/-on the pretext of sending the complainant and her son abroad.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner inter alia submits th