IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Ashish Gupta ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of decision: 16.04.2026 Date of Uploading : 16.04.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Senior Advocate with Mr. Jaiveer Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Sections 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘BNSS’) in FIR No.0147 dated 05.06.2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 238 of BNS at Police Station Kotwali, District Faridabad.

2. The allegations in the FIR, as set-out in the petition, arise from a complaint made by complainant namely Jatinder Singh Arora, who asserted that he was the lawful owner of Apartment No.A-2102, 21^st Floor, Tower A, Ibiza Town, Sector 39 Surajkund Road, Faridabad. It has been alleged that the said property was fraudulently transferred by way of a forged sale-deed dated 07.08.2024 in favour of co-accused Gunjan Saxena by impersonatin