IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 14.01.2026 Date of uploading: 15.01.2026 Vinay Vijay --Petitioner Versus U.T., Chandigarh --Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL.

Present:- Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Manish Bansal, Addl. P.P., UT, Chandigarh.

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SUMEET GOEL.J (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.96 dated 08.08.2025 registered under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2) BNS, 2023 at Police Station Cyber Crime, Chandigarh.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being a fraudster, who duped the complainant of an amount of Rs.2,33,703/-.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is in custody since 01.10.2025. Counsel has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the FIR in question. Learned counsel has further submitted that, in fact, the petitioner has been duped by a person namely Waqil Ahmad, who has not yet been arrested by the police. Learned counsel has submitted tha