IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 07.04.2026 MANPREET SINGH ......Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ *****

Present: - Mr. Rajnish Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, Asst. A.G. Punjab.

Mr. Dhiraj Jindal, Advocate for the complainant.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

CRM-15009-2026 Application is allowed as prayed for and Annexures P-7 to P-10 are taken on record.

CRM-M-58745-2025 The present first petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 222 dated 17.09.2025 registered under Section 420 IPC and 13 of Punjab Travel Professionals (regulations) Act, 2014 at Police Station, Lehra, District Sangrur.

2. The FIR in the present case has been registered on the complaint of one Mohan Singh son of Hardam Singh, resident of Jaloor, Tehsil Lehra, District Sangrur which reads thus:-

“It is submitted that I, Mohan Singh, son of Hardam Singh, resident of Jaloor, Tehsil Lehra, District Sangrur, am a resident of the said village. My in-laws are residents of Bhutal Kalan. My brother Balwinder Si