IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (106+215) CRM-43939-2025 Decided on: 04.11.2025 Harpreet Singh ……Petitioner (s)

Versus State of Punjab & another ..…Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE VINOD S.BHARDWAJ Present:- Mr.Sangram Singh Saron, Advocate Mr.M.B.Rajwade & Mr.Ashish Soi, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr.Mohit Kapoor Sr.D.A.G., Punjab.

Mr.Harshit Jain, Advocate, for the applicant/respondent No.2.

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VINOD S.BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) :

CRM-43939-2025 Application is allowed, affidavit along with Annexures R-2/1 to R-2/9 are taken on record, subject to all just exceptions.

CRM-M-42762-2025

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.99 dated 01/07/2024, under Section(s) 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, registered at Police Station Salem Tabri, District Ludhiana, Punjab.

2. Succinctly, the prosecution’s case was registered on the statement of complainant Navneet Gupta. The true translation of the same reads thus: -

“To the C.P. Sub-Complaint as against 1. Harpreet Singh (Mob. 84278-16615), 2 Gagandeep Kaur (98884 97902) 3. Kulwant Singh 98143 80062 4. Harsh Trehan (97803 63316), 5 Abdul r/o Hno. 3552/3, Cheema Park, Model Gram Ludhiana have acted in connivance with each other and have duped the complainant by doing 420, for giving threats to implicate me in a false case. Sir, I am Navneet Gupta s/o Krishan Gupta r/o H. no. 125-B Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana and I hereby request as follows-that I am a peace-loving citizen of this country 2. That in regard to the subject matter I have to obtain a sum of Rs. 50,00,000 which was in regards to the trade, which Harpreet Singh could not give in time and then he said that he has a plot rakba measuring 1387.5 Sq. Yards at the Jalandhar Bypass road, so he said that he cannot get a loan on this property for some reason, he would get the registry of the plot done and will also get the loan sanctioned, the total value of the plot is 5 crore rupees and by getting the loan in my favor, he would also adjust the amount which is due towards me, and that the responsibility in regards to paying the instalments is also upon Harpreet Singh. 3. That the accused no. 1 and accused no. 2 and 5 act in connivance and get the loan work done through 3 and 4, they showed the plot, gave documents and got the loan and even got the registry done of vasikha no. 2021- 22/101/1/18765 dated 31.03.2022 Sub Registrar Ludhiana and they deposited the tax also before the Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, all those copies are attached. 4. That it is also noteworthy here that accused no.1 had given a statement in regards to Khasra no. 15//19/2/2, 17//4/4, 5/1/1, 17/5/1/4, 6/2/3, 7/3, Khata no. 57/59 Khatauni no. 62/64 of khasra mo. is 10//2/3 Jamabandi year 1984-85 was given and it was written that there is no dispute pending with the property and nor is there any court case, he is the owner through sale deed vasika no. 5890 daned 24.06.1987, that copy is also attached and he got the loan amount of Rs. 2,50,00,000/- IDFC Bank, Feroz Gandhi Market, Ladhiana, it is noteworthy here that the officials got their satisfaction and checked all the documents and that loan was given to me by saying that Harpreet Singh has given these documents, these are correct and they are absolutely genuine and that's why the bank is giving loan and upon geting the loan Harpreet Singh took sum of Rs. 2,00,00,000 from me and the sum of 50,00,000 which I had to take from him, were adjusted. 5. That when I installed my own board on the premises, then some other person started claiming ownership of the property, I was left shell shocked, so thereafter I did inquiry at my own level and traced out that accused no.1 acted in connivance with the other co accused, prepared fake documents and then got the loan from bank by misleading them, then got the registration done, then the T.S., then go