IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

210 CRM-M-3329-2026 Date of decision: 24.03.2026 KAMLESH KUMAR ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Lakhwinder S. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Shukla, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Abnash Singh, Advocate for the complainant.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Through the instant petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”), the petitioners seek anticipatory bail in case FIR No.197 dated 29.11.2025, registered under Section 420 IPC, at Police Station Sadar Nawanshahar, District SBS Nagar.

2. On 21.01.2026, the following order was passed by the co-

ordinate bench of this Court: -

“Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023, is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No.197 dated 29.11.2025, registered under Section 420 IPC, at Police Station Sadar Nawanshahar, District SBS Nagar.

petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case only on the allegation of conspiracy. It is submitted that transfer of the alleged money is not in the account of the pe