IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-51371-2025 (O&M) Date of decision : 20.02.2026 Parmod ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Manu Singh Sheokhand, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Neeraj Poswal, AAG, Haryana.

Mr. Aditya Sanghi, Advocate for the complainant.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.0275 dated 14.10.2024, registered under Section 24 of the Emigration Act, 1983 and Sections 3(5), 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS, 2023 at Police Station Nathu Sarai Chopta, District Sirsa.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petitions are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a written complaint submitted by complainant Amit on 14.10.2024 alleging therein that accused Subhash and Seema, who were his uncle and maternal aunt respectively, arranged his meeting with accused Rakesh, Sunita and Parmod (petitioner). Accused Rakesh is the son-in-law of his maternal aunt, accused Sunita is his cousin and the petitioner Parmod is the grandson of his maternal aunt and was stated to be residing in Singapore. He further alleged that in June 2024, accused Subhash and Seema visited the complainant and taking advantage of family relations and the illness of the complainant’s father, induced him with the assurance of sending him abroad for employment on a work permit. It was represented that the complainant would first be sent to Malaysia for medical examination and thereafter would be granted a visa for Singapore, particularly as the petitioner was already settled there. Believing the assurances, the complainant transferred Rs. 15,000/- to the petitioner through UPI on 13.08.2024. Thereafter, accused Subhash took Rs. 2 Lakhs in cash from the complainant’s house. On 02.09.2024 and thereafter, the complainant transferred and arranged payment of various amounts through UPI, RTGS and cash, thereby parting with a total sum of Rs. 16,46,541/- at the instance of the accused persons. The complainant further stated that on 18.09.2024, he travelled from Delhi to Malaysia, where he stayed for 4-5 days and underwent medical examination after paying Rs. 50,000/- to one Jimmy. He was informed that his medical report would be emailed to the concerned company and that he would shortly receive a job and visa for Singapore. Three other persons, namely Harjinder Punia, Amit Choudhary and Ravi Khoth, were also accompanying the complainant and were similarly assured of Singapore visas.

3. As per the further allegations, on 25.09.2024, the petitioner informed the complainant that he would have to return to India and that he would get a direct visa and flight to Singapore within two hours of reaching India. Acting on this assurance, the complainant and others returned to India on 25.09.2024, but neither any visa nor any onward flight was arranged. Subsequently, on

27.09.2024, the accused persons again assured the complainant of a flight from Delhi to Singapore the next day, which also did not materialise. While alleging that the accused persons, including the petitioners, in furtherance of their conspiracy, cheated the complainant and misappropriated a total amount of Rs. 11,00,000/-, the complainant prayed for taking action in the matter. After registration of the FIR, investigation proceedings were initiated. The petitioner was arrested on 02.07.2025. He suffered disclosure statement admitting his involvement in the subject crime and got recovered a sum of Rs.3,05,000/- apart from a passport and some mobile phones/SIM cards. He also disclosed that one Sandeep, who was running an immigration business at Fatehabad in the name of Yayaver Emigration, had given him a bank account number in which, he got deposited an amount of Rs.5 Lakhs from complainant. The said account was found to be i