IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Decided On : February 21, 2025 Amit Gill .... Petitioner vs.

State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA.

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Present : Mr. Sumeet Puri, Advocate for the petitioner (through video conferencing mode)

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA , J. :

The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section

483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) seeking grant of regular bail in case FIR No.46 dated 02.05.2024, under Sections 489-A, 489-B, 489-C, 489-D, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), registered at Police Station City-I Malerkotla, District Malerkotla.

2. The aforementioned FIR had been registered on the basis of complaint lodged on the basis of report sent by ASI Maghar Singh alleging that on 01.05.2024, he along with other police officials was present near new Courts Complex, Malerkotla, when a secret information was received to the effect that the accused Rishu Kumar and Lakhwinder Kumar alias Lucky along with their other accomplices were indulging in the business of preparing and supplying counterfeit currency notes in the vicinity and at that particular point