IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-4401-2026 (O&M). Date of decision: 09.02.2026.

NEERAJ SHARMA ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Niraj Kumar Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Vishesh Malik, Advocate, and Mr. Rahul, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Ms. Chhavi Sharma, AAG, Haryana, assisted by ASI Ashok Kumar, No.152, Gurugram.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

CRM-3191-2026 Application is allowed as prayed for subject to all just exceptions.

Main case This is the first petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for pre-arrest bail in case bearing FIR No.342 dated 21.11.2024, registered under Section(s) 318(4), and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 66-D of the Information and Technology Act, 2008, at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Gurugram. 2 Succinctly, the case of the prosecution is that the complainant, Sharmili Chopra, submitted an application to the police alleging that she had been a victim of cyber fraud. It is stated that she was telephonically contacted by persons identifying themselves as Chandra Takal and Sarah Smith, who claim