IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 28.08.2025 Gurdeep Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Lakhwinder S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kunwarbir Singh, AAG Punjab.

Mr. Abnash Singh, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. 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.05 dated 29.01.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 of IPC at Police Station Jaurkian, District Mansa.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question pertains to defrauding the complainant namely Reena Kaur daughter of Major Singh, who alleges that she is B.Ed. qualified and she alongwith her friend namely Manjit Kaur were seeking government job. On 30.04.2024, Sandeep Kaur and her brother namely Gurdeep Singh (petitioner herein) visited the house of the complainant and promised her a job in Post Office whereas her friend namely Manjit Kaur was promised job as Staff Nurse and they raised a ₹

demand