216 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 12.11.2025 Vikas Sharma …... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Ms. Roja Agnihotri, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vinay Malhotra, DAG, Punjab.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 (earlier treated as Section 438 Cr.PC, 1973) praying for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.196 dated 21.10.2024 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Civil Lines, Patiala.

2. On 08.08.2025, this Court passed the following order:

“1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.PC.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder-

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, submits that prosecution's case is based on