IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 06.11.2025 Reserved on: 04.11.2025 Farida ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Tanvir Singh Grewal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Ved Parkash, Senior DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Kunal Dawar, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Saurav Bajaj, Advocate, for the complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA , J .

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in the FIR mentioned below:-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

143 29.05.2023 Sector-56, 406, 420, 506, 216 and 120-B District of IPC (506 and 216 of IPC Gurugram added later on)

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of the present petition are that the aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by the complainant Nitin Tuteja alleging that he had entered into an agreement to purchase property owned by the petitioner for a sum of Rs.1,15,00,000/-. A written agreement was executed. A sum of Rs.4 lakhs had been paid by him to the petitioner on 13.12.2020. The petitioner h