IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

234 Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 Ankit Khurana ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and another ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Anand Chhibbar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Utkarsh Khatana, Advocate and Mr. Inderjeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Neeraj Poswal, AAG, Haryana, for the respondent-State.

Ms. Swati Vashisth, Advocate, for respondent No.2-complainant.

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MANISHA BATRA , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNSS”) seeking regular bail in the FIR mentioned below:-

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

210 09.06.2025 Cyber West, District3(5), 318(4), 319, 336(3), Gurugram 338, 340 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNS”) and 66D of Information Technology (Amendment)

Act, 2008

2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a written complaint submitted by the complainant that in January 2025, he had received messages from one female who was administrator of a Whatsapp group named “Key to Wealth” by representing that she was part of a company wh