IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 25.03.2026 GURPREET SINGH SIDHU ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Sonpreet S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab ****

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.113 dated 22.07.2020 registered under Sections 406 and 420 of IPC at Police Station Kharar, SAS Nagar (Mohali).

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a written complaint submitted by the complainant Jagdeep Singh alleging that in the year 2016, he booked an apartment in a society named as Emerging Heights-3, Sector 115, Greater Mohali. The sale consideration amount was fixed to be Rs.31 lakhs and he had paid an amount of Rs.50,000/- as booking amount. The present petitioner, who was representing the above-named company/society got his loan sanctioned from India Bulls Bank, Chandigarh Branch in his name, for the purchase of flat and had told him that the rema