IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent Sr. No. Particulars Details 1 The date when the judgment is reserved 23.03.2026 2 The date when the judgment is pronounced 25.03.2026 3 The date when the judgment is uploaded on the website 25.03.2026 Whether only operative part of the judgment is pronounced or full

4 Full judgment is pronounced The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full judgment, and Not

5 reasons thereof applicable CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. K.K. Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Himani Arora, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

Mr. G.C. Shahpuri, Advocate for the complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA, J :-

The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 451 dated 23.07.2025 registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of IPC and Section

24 of Immigration Act at Police Station 32-33, Karnal.

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint made by Mohan Garg, alleging that about two years back, he came into