IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 08.04.2026 Date of uploading: 08.04.2026 Deepak Kumar --Petitioner Versus State of Haryana --Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL.

Present:- Ms. Sonal Singh Godara, Advocate for the petitioner (through V.C.).

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, A.A.G., Haryana.

None for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL.J (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.189 dated 28.5.2025 under Sections 318(4), 319, 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Cyber East, Gurugram, District Gurugram.

2. Case has been called up twice but none has put in appearance on behalf of the complainant.

3. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner alongwith his co-accused committed online fraud with the complainant by impersonating using WhatsApp group Rechak (the brand name of a global financial institution and deceptive tech infrastructure) and fraudulently ₹

caused loss to the complainant the tune of 15,24,90,017/-.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the pe