IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.-

CRM-M-1457-2026 (O&M)

Date of Decision : 20.03.2026 Pawan Kumar ....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Shailendra Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kanav Singla, AAG Punjab.

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MANDEEP PANNU J. (Oral)

1. This is the first petition under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 seeking grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 0014 dated 19.09.2025, registered under Sections 111, 318(4), 61(2) of BNS, 2023 (Sections 237, 238, 336(3), 340 of BNS, 2023 added later on) and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, at Police Station Cyber Crime, Kapurthala.

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 19.09.2025, on the basis of secret information, a raid was conducted at Taj Villas Hotel, Chahal Nagar, Phagwara, where an illegal call centre was allegedly being run. The said operation was being conducted by Amrinder Singh @ Sabi Tohri, along with Jaspreet Singh, Saajan Madan, Varun @ Rohan and other accused persons. During the raid, several persons were found operating computer systems and allegedly involved in cyber fraud activities. The police found multip