IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.11.2025 Naresh Kumar ....Petitioner V/s The State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. R.K. Choudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in FIR No.219 dated 17.07.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 406, 420 and 506 of IPC at Police Station Ambala City, District Ambala (Haryana).

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that a written complaint was lodged by Gulshan Kumar against the petitioner Naresh Kumar, alongwith Shiva Kumar and Ganesh, alleging fraud, misappropriation of money, and criminal intimidation. The complainant alleged that the aforesaid accused ₹

persons cheated him of a sum of 4,48,200/- by inducing him on the false pretext of arranging a Government job for one of his relatives, but thereafter failed to fulfill their promise. Despite repeated requests, neither was the promised job arranged nor was the amount returned. It