IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 07.04.2026 Vimal ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent 104a CRM-M-60674-2025 Gurpreet Singh @ Goppy ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Rahul Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner in CRM-M-60573-2025.

Mr. Nikhil Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner in CRM-M-60674-2025.

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. By this order, the two above-mentioned petitions are disposed of, both having arisen out of the same FIR.

2. Prayer in the present petitions is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in a case FIR No.14 dated 06.08.2025, registered under Section 318(4) of BNS, 2023 and Section 66(D) of IT Act, 2000, at Police Station Cyber Crime, Khanna, District Ludhiana.

3. Succinctly, facts of the case are that the FIR in the present case was registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Mahender Pratap Singh Gill. It was alleged that he had received phone call on WhatsApp from mobile No.87610-79712 and the caller disclosed that he is employee of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and he told that at the t