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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-50120-2025 Date of decision : 17.11.2025 JAGMOHAN SINGH ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. K.P. Singh,Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. M.S. Toor, AAG Punjab. Mr. Rakesh Bhatia, Advocate for the complainant.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.16 dated 14.05.2025 (Annexure P-1) registered under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station NRI, District Amritsar.

2. The present FIR came to be registered at the instance of Gurpreet Singh and the same reads as under:-

“Complaint bearing PGD No. 526088 dated 10.02.2025 from Gurpreet Singh has given to ADGP NRI Wing Phase 7 SAS Nagar which is as under: Complaint To Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), NRI Wing, Punjab, Phase-7, SAS Nagar (Mohali) Subject: complaint against accused (1) A person impersonating me, (2) Palwinder Singh son of Gurwinder Singh son of Lal Singh resident of Gali No. 5, Sultanwind Road, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Amritsar, (3) Numberdar Harbans Singh, Jhabal Kala, (4) Jagmohan Singh son of Sardul Singh, resident of 6370, Street No. 1, Indira Colony, Mustafabad, Vijay Nagar, Amritsar, (5) Jaspal Singh Kang, Deed Writer, Jhabal Kalan, (6) Ajay Kumar, Sub Registrar/Joint Sub Registrar, Jhabal Kalan, in collusion with other persons, by committing fraud and forgery, impersonating by another as special power of attorney from Ajay Kumar, Sub Registrar/Joint Sub Registrar, Jhabal Kala, my valuable property at Gumtala Sub Urban, Abadi Daleep Avenue near Ranjit Vihar Tehsil Amritsar-2, District Amritsar, by way of sale deed. Therefore, case be registered and investigated for preparing and using false documents and justice be done with me. It is requested that I am Gurpreet Singh son of Dalbir Singh son of Bhan Singh a permanent resident of village Khaba Rajputan, Mehta Chowk, Tehsil Baba Bakala, District Amritsar and have been residing at Sui Sai Wan Road, Hong Kong for a long time. 2. That on 15.12.2015 I have registered a sale deed No. 11815, book no. 1, Volume No. 6518 Page No. 83-84 Attested by the Office of the Sub Registrar, Amritsar-2, two plots bearing No. 141 Salam, and 142 Min, total area 375 sq. yards Khasra No. 42//4 Min, 42//3/1/2 Min, 3/21 Actual area Gumtala Sub Urban, Abadi Daleep Avenue Near Ranjit Vihar, Tehsil Amritsar-2, District Amritsar, purchased with my hard earned money and the sale deed of this property is also registered in my name in the revenue records. 3. That I have been living at Sui Sai Wan Road, Hong Kong for a long time and earning my living and after returning to my village in India on 30.01.2025, I went to the Patwari on the morning of 31.01.2025 to collect the Fard of my above property, where on reaching there, I was surprised to hear that some fraudulent accused, including the person who stood in my place, were taking unfair advantage of my being outside India. Palwinder Singh son of Gurwinder Singh son of Lal Singh resident of Street No. 5, Sultanwind Road, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Amritsar, Numberdar Harbans Singh, Jhabal Kalan, Jagmohan Singh son of Sardul Singh, resident of 6370, Street No. 1, Indira Colony Mustafabad, Vijay Nagar, Amritsar, Jaspal Singh Kang, Deed Writer, Jhabal Kalan and other persons in connivance with the accused Ajay Kumar, Sub Registrar/Joint Sub Registrar, Jhabal Kalan, committed fraud by deceiving and forgery by setting up another person in my place and preparing a false and forged power of attorney in my name regarding the above property in the presence of the accused before Ajay Kumar, Sub Registrar/Joint Sub Registrar, Jhabal Kala and my valuable property at Gumtala Sub Urban, Abadi Daleep Avenue near Ranjit Vihar and forged power of attorney dated 10.11.2021 has been executed by impersonating at Tehsil Amritsar-2,