IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 09.03.2026 Hemant Kumar Meena ..Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Akshay Laller, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Sushil Bhardwaj, Addl. AG, Haryana MANDEEP PANNU, J.

CRM-44453-2025 Allowed as prayed for.

Main case This is the first petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.) for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 15 dated 13.03.2024, registered under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Panchkula.

Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Panchkula on the basis of the statement of complainant Gagan Anand alleging commission of offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC. As per the case of the petitioner, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and is not named in the FIR. It is alleged that the prosecution has linked the occurrence with a Wi-Fi connection allegedly used in the commission of the offence, however, there is n