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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH

121 CRM-M-16602-2026 (O&M)

DATE OF DECISION : 25.03.2026

ANWARPREET KAUR

.....PETITIONER VERSUS

STATE OF HARYANA

.....RESPONDENT

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH

Present : Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ramender Singh Chauhan, AAG Haryana. Mr. Arun Gupta, Advocate for the complainant.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

This petition for pre-arrest bail is the first petition, filed by the

petitioner under Section 482 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.476 dated 09.10.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Krishna

Gate, Thanesar District Kurukshetra.

2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Manjot Singh’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above-named complainant that his marriage was solemnized with accused No.1 Anwarpreet Kaur, and that he is the owner of a house

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situated in Model Town Thanesar. According to complainant, on account of persistent harassment by the accused No.1 and her family members, he shifted to U.K., where he worked for several years. As per complainant, when he returned, firstly he was not allowed to enter his house by the accused No.1, and later on he came to know that by introducing an impersonator as the vendor of the abovementioned house, the accused No.1

got the abovementioned house transferred in her own name.

3. The complainant has further alleged that at the time when the alleged transfer deed was executed, he was not in India and thus, it stands proved that the abovementioned transfer deed is nothing, but an outcome of

fraud and forgery.

4. It is the case of the prosecution that in view of abovementioned information, formal FIR of this case was lodged and the investigation taken

up.

5. Notice of motion

6. Mr. Ramender Singh Chauhan, AAG Haryana appears on behalf of respondent-State. Hence service of notice upon the State is hereby

dispensed with.

7. Mr. Arun Gupta, Advocate has put in appearance on behalf of

the complainant and filed Power of Attorney. The same be taken on record.

8. Heard.

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9. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is an innocent lady and in fact, she is a victim of circumstances and a sufferer herself. According to learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant himself is guilty of matrimonial misconduct, as he eloped with another lady and went to U.K. and in his absence, the petitioner was left with no option, but to take care of her minor child with the help of her family members. As per learned counsel for the petitioner, in such circumstances when the respectable members of the community were approached to resolve the dispute with the complainant, with the consent of complainant, a release deed was executed, but now by backing out of his stand, the complainant is alleging that the transfer deed has been executed with the

help of an impersonator.

10. It has further been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the consent of the complainant with regard to transfer of property in the name of petitioner can be gauged from the fact that for long time, after the execution of release deed, he did not lodge the FIR and the same was lodged only when on account of persistent cruelty of the complainant, the petitioner lodged the FIR under Section 498A of IPC against him. While claiming that there was no mens rea to commit fraud and that the transfer deed is an outcome of consent of the complainant, the learned counsel for the petitioner has sought for the benefit of pre-arrest bail

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