IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Vikas Saini @ Vikas Soni ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 11, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 11, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rohit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Mahima Yashpal Singla, Senior DAG Haryana.

Mr. Shalender Mohan, Advocate for the complainant.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.181 dated 12.06.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC, 1860, at Police Station Civil Lines, District Hisar.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that the complainant, namely, Dinesh Nagpal, stated that in June 2023, he received a telephone call on his mobile phone from Vikas Saini (petitioner herein), who informed him that he wished to discuss certain matters relating to business expansion and that one Ajay Mohpal was also associated with him.

Thereafter, on 03.07.2023, both Vikas Saini (petitioner herein) and Ajay Mohpal visited the office of the complainant and represented that they were running an institute under the name “Bedoun Education,” which had subsequently been renamed as “Gyangati Pvt. Ltd.” at New Delhi. They further represented that they were engaged in providing services relating to study visas, work permits, and immigration and that they had an office and college in Malta under the name and style of “Avanza Training Academy.” The complainant was requested to visit their office at Delhi. The accused persons assured the complainant that students sent through them would be provided part-time employment opportunities and would be able to earn ₹

approximately 1,00,000/- per month. They also assured that employment arrangements would be managed by them and that visas would be guaranteed. Countries such as Poland, Slovakia, and Croatia were also projected as destination countries for students. In addition, assurances regarding free accommodation and food facilities were given. The complainant was also shown videos purportedly depicting factories and accommodation facilities abroad.

Believing the representations made by the accused persons, which later turned out to be false and misleading, the complainant agreed to their proposals. One candidate, namely Vikas Saini, was informed about the proposal and accepted the same. Thereafter, several students applied through the accused persons and paid substantial amounts of money. However, after receiving the money, the accused persons failed to fulfill the promises and assurances extended by them. Subsequently, it was revealed that the appointment letters, visas etc. were fabricated and forged.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that a bare perusal of the FIR itself shows that allegations leveled against the petitioner are concocted, improbable and devoid of any merit. Learned counsel has further iterated that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in question. Learned counsel has contended that the allegations relate to the year 2023, whereas the FIR in question came to be registered only in 2025. It has further been argued that in the complaint dated 26.11.2024, submitted prior to the registration of the FIR in question by the complainant, the complainant himself admitted that a verbal arrangement had been entered ₹

into regarding commission of 50,000/- per student and that he had collected money from the students and subsequently transferred the same to the petitioner. The complainant had also acknowledged that around 10 students were involved and that certain amounts had been credited to the petitioner’s account. Learned counsel has further argued that the said complaint was enquired into by the Economic Offence Wing, Hisar and it was reco