IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 08.04.2026 Sanjeev Kumar Ahuja ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. P.K.S. Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Shukla, DAG, Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.10 dated 14.01.2022 registered under Sections 420 of IPC, at Police Station Civil Lines Bathinda, District Bathinda.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner has duped the complainant for a sum of Rs.11 lakhs on the pretext of investing her money in the business. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the said offence. He argued that the petitioner was neither beneficiary of the alleged fraud nor has received any amount in this regard. He further argued that there is no incriminating material on record to connect the petitioner with the alleged off