208 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Rehana Khairalia ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: March 23, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 23, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Malkeet Singh Balianwali, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Munish Garg, Advocate for the complainant.

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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.143 dated 15.10.2025, registered under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act, at Police Station Dhanaula, District Barnala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that, the FIR in question was registered on the basis of a complaint made by the complainant–Akashdeep Singh, who in his complaint made to the police has alleged that the petitioner (herein), in connivance with co-accused, induced ₹

him for a sum of approximately 30 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad to the United Kingdom on an open work permit. The