IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Sr. No.211 Decided On : October 13, 2025 Yogita .... Petitioner vs.

State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR.

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Present : Mr. Piyush Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. P. S. Pandher, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Ankur Bansal, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUKHVINDER KAUR , J . :

Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.211 dated 11.12.2024, under Section 420 IPC (Sections 465, 467, 468, 471 IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Salem Tabri, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana.

Brief facts of the case are that the complainant namely Vipul Jain moved a complaint, submitting therein that he along with his father Vinod Kumar Jain and brother Gagan Jain, was running a firm under the name of Calcutta Hosiery Emporium at Ludhiana. One Amit Kumar was working as an Accountant in his firm and was assigned different duties like preparation of bills, placing orders, looking after bank operations etc. He also used to maintain pass-books and cheque-books of compla