IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

213 Date of decision: 10.02.2026 Swati and another ... Petitioners Vs.

State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Ms. Tania Mahajan, Advocate and Mr. Akshit Grover, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The instant one is the second petition as filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No.337 dated 29.11.2024 registered under Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 471 and 120-B of IPC at Police Station Sohana, District SAS Nagar (Mohali). Their first petition had been dismissed by this Court on

22.12.2025 by making the following observations:-

“6. The petitioners in connivance with the co-accused are alleged to have prepared a cross-signed letter dated 01.11.2021 purported to be issued by the company in which they were employees, showing that the plot in question was allotted to Taranjeet Singh Beniwal in the year 2021, though, as per the allegations, it was accused-GS Ghuman, who was the allottee of