IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH SATNAM SINGH DHAWAN ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent

1 The date when the judgment is reserved 07.05.2026 2 The date when the judgment is pronounced 08.05.2026 3 The date when the judgment is uploaded on the 08.05.2026 website

4 Whether only operative part of the judgment is Full pronounced or whether the full judgment is pronounced

5 The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full Not applicable judgment and reasons thereof.

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. R.S. Bains, Senior Advocate with Mr. Utsav Singh Bains, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate for the complainant ****

MANISHA BATRA, J.

1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.11 dated 30.11.2024 registered under Sections 384, 420, 465, 467, 468, 120B of IPC at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, Punjab Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana.

2. As per the allegations, a complaint received at Vigilance Bureau, Economic Wing Ludhiana had been enquire