IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 20.02.2026 Sanjay Kumar @ Sunjay Kumar ......Petitioner Versus State of U.T. Chandigarh ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR Present: - Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Rajesh K. Sheoran, APP, UT, Chandigarh.

NAMIT KUMAR, J. (ORAL)

CRM-8051 of 2026 Allowed as prayed for.

CRM-M-10195 of 2026

1. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No.08 dated 19.01.2026 registered under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 at Police Station Sector 11, Chandigarh.

2. As per prosecution version, petitioner had allured complainant-Harwinder for getting the Government job and had defrauded a sum of Rs.4 lakh from him.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the allegation levelled by the complainant against the petitioner with regard to defrauding him for getting him Government job is totally baseless. He further submits that petitioner had taken a friendly loa