IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 10^th January, 2025 Sandeep Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Rishab Bhandari, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Swati Batra, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below:-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

301 11.07.2024 Zirakpur, District SAS420, 406, 465, 467, 468, Nagar 471 and 120-B of IPC

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of the present petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement of the complainant Muhammad Yunus alleging therein that Poonam Bansal, who was acquainted with him, had introduced him to accused Sandeep Kumar who was running a company under the name of ‘The Profit Planet’ along with the present petitioner who is the brother of Sandeep Kumar and his brother-in-law Bittu. He alleged that all of them induced the complainant and Poonam Bansal to invest money in their company and by a