IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:-06.04.2026 ARCHANA AGGARWAL …Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. R.S. Cheema, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Mr. A.S. Cheema, Mr. Satish Sharma and Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mr. Sahil Chowdhary, AAG, Punjab.

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MANDEEP PANNU, J

1. This is the first petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (erstwhile Section 438 Cr.P.C.) for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0018 dated 21.03.2025, registered under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS, 2023] at Police Station Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), District Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana, wherein offence under Section 120-B IPC [Section 61(2) of BNS, 2023] was added during the course of investigation.

2. The brief facts of the case are that a complaint was filed by Satish Sood, Partner of M/s Sky Mart Departmental Store, Limited Liability Partnership, alleging that accused No.1 company, i.e Haldi Ram Fincap Pvt. Ltd., through its Directors including accused No.2 Ashok Kuma