IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 04.02.2025 Prem Chand and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Aashish Bishnoi, D.A.G., Haryana.

Ms. Sonia Bohat, Advocate for the complainant-respondent No.2 ****

ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

596 28.11.2023 Ambala Cantt, 120-B, 406, 420, 506 IPC District Ambala

1. The petitioners apprehending arrest in the FIR captioned above have come up before this Court under Section 438 CrPC seeking anticipatory bail.

2. Vide order dated 10.01.2024, interim protection was granted to the petitioners and the said order is continuing till date.

3. The facts and allegations are being taken from status report dated 03.10.2024, which reads as follows:-

“4. That in this regard it is submitted that the Petitioners-Accused persons in order to cause wrongful loss and to get wrongful gain from the complainant hatched a conspiracy with each other and usurp the hard earned money of the complainant. The complainant is a contractor and is in a business of doing work of handling and