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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sandeep Kumar Verma ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent Date of Decision: February 16, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 16, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Sarju Puri, Senior Advocate with Mr. Digvijay Manchanda, Advocate and Ms. Anjila Guru, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

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 bearing FIR No.26 dated 20.07.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 61(2), 318(4) and

319(2) of the BNS, 2023, at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Patiala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that a written complaint was received from Ramesh Kumar against unknown persons alleging a cyber fraud amounting to Rs.57,65,023/- on the pretext of investment in IPOs and Block Trade Stocks purportedly of IIFL Markets. The complaint was registered on the National Cyber Crime Portal vide Reference No.

32507250021928 dated 17.07.2025.

In his complaint, Ramesh Kumar sta