IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on : 11.11.2025 Deepak Kumar and another ……Petitioner(s)

Versus State of Punjab ……Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Bhupinder Ghai, Advocate, for the petitioner (s).

Mr. Amit Kumar Goyal, Addl. AG, Punjab.

Ms. Himani Kapila, Advocate for the complainant.

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Sumeet Goel (Oral):

1. Prayer is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in criminal case having FIR No.105 dated 26.07.2024 registered under Sections 406, 420 of IPC and Section 24 of Immigration Act at Police Station Machhiwara, District Khanna, Punjab.

2. Vide order dated 04.09.2024, the petitioners were afforded the interim protection, which reads thus:

“Prayer is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 in criminal case having FIR No.105 dated 26.07.2024 registered under Sections 406, 420 of IPC and Section 24 of Immigration Act at Police Station Machhiwara, District Khanna, Punjab.

Counsel for the petitioners while referring to copies of Visas (Annexure P-2 collectively) and one another document which is produced today, submits that actually Gurmeet Singh