IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Rakesh Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: March 24, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 24, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Sandeep Gorsi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.5 dated 22.01.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines, District Amritsar.

2. The gravamen of the instant FIR reflects that it emanates from a complaint lodged by the complainant-Gursimran Singh Dhillon, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General), District Amritsar, pursuant to findings recorded in an official inquiry. It has been alleged that six accused persons, in connivance with certain officials, orchestrated the fraudulent registration of multiple sale deeds (Vasika Nos. 8739 to 8744) before the Sub Registrar on the basis of purported old