IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 30.10.2025 Gurpreet Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. G.S. Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Goyal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition is the third attempt by the petitioner under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.203 dated 02.11.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120-B of IPC at Police Station City Sangrur, District Sangrur Punjab.

The petitioner had earlier applied for grant of pre-

arrest/anticipatory bail before this Court which was dismissed as withdrawn on 01.04.2025 and 01.07.2025 respectively and no opinion on merits have been expressed therein.

Thereafter, the present petition i.e. the third petition for grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail has been preferred by the petitioner on

29.10.2025.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question pertains to defrauding the complainants namely Gurvinder Singh son of Mu