IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 17.02.2026 Sukhwant Singh ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS State of Punjab ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Raghav Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner.

Dr. (Ms.) Savi Nagpal, AAG Punjab.

Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate for the complainant.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. The instant petition has been filed for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.13 dated 02.04.2024 registered under Sections 406, 120-B (Section 420 added later on) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, 2014 at Police Station NRI Amritsar, District Amritsar.

2. The instant FIR was registered by Rajwant Kaur, who made a complaint to the effect that she had been defrauded by the petitioner on the pretext of sending her son abroad. It was averred by the complainant that she had contacted the petitioner, a travel agent, for sending her son Gurvinder Singh to England. An agreement was entered into between the parties for a total consideration of Rs.12 lakhs. The complainant is claimed to have transferred a sum of Rs.5,94,000/- via RTGS on 28