IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:09.03.2026 Gurmeet Singh @ Lucky ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Himanshu Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Eklavya Darshi, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Gopal Sharma, Advocate for the complainant.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

For the commission of offence punishable under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code, hereinafter being referred to as ‘IPC’ only, the FIR No.16 dated 12.01.2023, has been lodged in Police Station Zirakpur, District SAS Nagar Mohali. In the above mentioned case, the petitioner is apprehending arrest, and therefore, for the benefit of anticipatory bail he has approached this Court, by virtue of present petition under Section 482 of ‘Bharatiya Nagrik Surakhsa Sanhita 2023’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘BNSS’ only.

2. In nut-shell the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being at the instance of ‘Ranbir Singh’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above named complainant that his son ‘Amit’, an Advocate by profession, had received a c