IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.10.2025 Pronounced on: 29.10.2025 Balraj Kaur @ Mahi Gill ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Rohit Singla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. J.S.Thind, DAG, Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

0173 01.07.2024 Mataur, SAS Nagar 406/420/120-B IPC and Section

24 of Immigration Act

1. The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above had come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail.

2. Per paragraph 7 of the bail application and 10 of the status report, the petitioner has the following criminal antecedents:

Sr. No. FIR No. Date/ Offenses Police Station Year

1 21 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

2 67 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

3 71 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

4 72 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

5 73 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

6 86 2024 406/420/120-B IPC and Section Mataur, District SAS Nagar

24 of Immigration Act

3. The facts and allegations are being taken from the status report filed by the State, which reads as follows:

“3. That with regard to the subject matter of the present petition, it is submitted thatcase/FIR No. 173 dated 01.07.2024 under Sections 406, 420, 120-B IPC and Section 24 of Immigration Act was registered at PS Mataur, District SAS Nagar against Nishan Singh, Balraj Kaur @Mahi Gill (Petitioner), Dr. Reet Kaura, Kulvir Singh Kaura, Daman Dhillon, Pardeep Kaur Grewal, Jaspreet Kaur, Jashandeep Singh, Shweta Sharma, Harman Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Manpreet Kaur Randhawa, Simran, Harpreet Kaur alias Preet after preliminary enquiry into the complaints bearing No. 1248/S/SSP dated 30-04-2024 received from Navdeep Kaur w/o Dalwinder Singh, 314/S/SSP/ dated 27-04-2024 received from Dalwinder Singh, 1264/SPL/SSP dated 30-04-2024 received from Simranjeet Singh s/o Davinder Singh and PGD complaint number 345021 dated 04-05- 2024 received from Sumandeep Kaur w/o Ranbir Singh in the office of the SSP, District SAS Nagar by the Incharge. Anti Human Trafficking Unit, District SAS Nagar, agreement on the said report of the SP (Headquarters), District SAS Nagar and approval of the same by the then SSP, District SAS Nagar on the allegations that the aforesaid accused, who were working with the company M/s Visa Land (having its office at SCO 523-525, Sector 70, Mohali) in connivance with each other cheated the complainants of a total amount of Rs. 11,72,000/- by assuring them Canadian Permanent Residency (PR)/Work Permits within nine months, however, after receiving the money, they allegedly issued fake visa receipts, gave evasive responses, failed to provide any genuine visas or refund the money and subsequently shut down their office and absconded.

4. That during preliminary enquiry, it came to light that the aforesaid accused's company namely Visa Land situated at SCO No. 523-524, Second Floor, Sector 70, Mohali was engaged in the business of sending persons abroad and that the said company had issued advertisements through television, social media, print media, social networking with regard to facilitating foreign travel. Thereafter, on watching the said advertisements of the accused's company pertaining to sending persons abroad, the complainants namely Navdeep Kaur, Simranjeet Singh and Sumandeep Kaurcontacted the company on its mobile numbers i.e. 70870-88890, 70870-88987, 82839-25239, 73411-23563 99151-95803, 76969-55579 and 76969-99876 and interacted with the employees of the company namely Balraj Kaur @Mahi Gill (Petitioner), Nishan Singh, Dr. Reet Kaura, Kulvir Singh Kaura, Daman Dhillon, Pardeep Kaur Grewal, Jaspreet Kaur, Jashan