IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (209)

Date of decision: 06.11.2025 Surjit Kaur …... Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Harbir Singh Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral)

The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.8 dated 12.01.2025 under Sections 406, 420 IPC, registered at Police Station Machhiwara, District Khanna.

2. The present FIR came to be registered at the instance of Seema Rani and reads as under:-

Today, Application No. 484152-PGD/GK dated 07.12.2024 was received from Seema Rani, wife of Jasvir Singh alias Jassi, resident of Bajigar Basti, Ropar Road, Machhiwara Sahib, Police Station Machhiwara Sahib, District Ludhiana (89686-

18519), against Major Singh, son of Charanjit Singh, Paramjit Kaur, wife of Major Singh, and Surjit Kaur, wife of Charanjit Singh, residents of Village Hambowal Bet, currently residing in Sunder Nagar, Machhiwara Sahib, Police Station Machhiwara Sahib, District Ludhiana. After investigation by Mr. DSP Sahib Samrala, the application was forwarded by the office of Honorable SSP Sahib Khanna to the police station for registration of a case. The content of the application is as follows: "To, Honorable DSP Sahib, Samrala. Subject:

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Regarding cheating of 4,50,000 under the pretext of sending my son abroad (Italy). (Major Singh 99156-47969). Sir, it is respectfully submitted that I, Seema Rani, wife of Jasvir Singh alias Jassi, resident of Bajigar Basti, Ropar Road, Machhiwara Sahib, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana. I wanted to send my son Jashandeep Singh abroad (Italy). Therefore, I spoke to Major Singh, son of Charanjit Singh, resident of Village Hambowal Bet, currently residing in Sunder Nagar, Machhiwara, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana. He told me ₹

that he helps people go abroad. We agreed on 10 lakh for sending my son to Italy. Major Singh assured me that he would send my son abroad (Italy) soon. He took my son Jashandeep Singh's passport and other documents and kept them with him.

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Then, Major Singh asked me for 2 lakh. On 22.08.2023, I went to the house of Satinderjit Bajwa, son of Kashmir Singh, resident of Kotla Bet, and gave him the money in cash in the ₹

presence of Satinderjit Bajwa. Major Singh gave me a 2 lakh check from Capital Small Finance Bank, Machhiwara Sahib, as security. I am attaching a photocopy of the check with this application. After about a month, Major Singh asked me for ₹

50,000. As per his request, I went to his house and gave the money in cash to his wife Paramjit Kaur in the presence of Vipin Kumar, resident of Machhiwara Sahib. Then, Major Singh told me that my son's visa has been approved and asked me to ₹

arrange 1,30,000 quickly and give it to him. So, I went to ₹

Major Singh's house and gave 1,30,000 to his mother Surjit Kaur in the presence of Vipin Kumar, resident of Machhiwara ₹

Sahib. Major Singh took 70,000 from me in the name of the air tickets. Then Major Singh took my son Jashandeep Singh with him and went to Delhi, after which he brought my son back ₹

with him and started demanding another 5 lakh from me. Then he WhatsApp me the photo of the ticket. When we checked the ticket, it turned out to be fake. After that, Major Singh started making all sorts of excuses. In this regard, on 11.09.2024, a compromise was reached in the presence of mediators, in which ₹

Major Singh agreed to return 4,50,000/-. Out of which, ₹

2 lakh were to be given on 15.09.24 and the remaining ₹

2,50,000 were to be paid within 3 months. But after that, Major Singh did not return my money. He has been continuously making excuses. I had filed a complaint against Major Singh, during the investigation of which Major Singh verbally promised to return my money soon. But now, whenever I ask Major Singh, his wife Paramjit Kaur, and mother Surjit Kau