In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Reserved On: 02.04.2026 Pronounced On: 07.05.2026 Ankit Goel ... Petitioner(s)

Versus Serious Fraud Investigation Office ... Respondent(s)

CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh.

Present: Mr. Vipul Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner(s).

Ms. Puneeta Sethi, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India with Mr. Y.S.Thakur, Advocate for the respondent.

Surya Partap Singh, J.

1. This petition under Section 482 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’, hereinafter being referred to as “BNSS” only, has been filed by the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. The anticipatory bail, by virtue of present petition, has been sought with regard to a complaint case, bearing No. COMA/17/2021 dated 11.06.2021, titled as “Serious Fraud Investigation Office v. SRS Limited Etc.”, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (designated under the Companies Act, 2013), Gurugram, hereinafter being referred to as “the trial Court” only. The above-mentioned complaint has been filed for the commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 439(2) read with Section 436(1)(a) and (d) read with proviso to Section 2