IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

238 CRM-M-20478-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision : 22.04.2026 Jagjit Singh @Jassi @Harry ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Ms. Rishma Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

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Mr. Gaurav Jain, Advocate for the complainant.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

This petition for bail is the first petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.113 dated 07.11.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 406, 420 of Indian Penal Code, and Section 13 of Punjab Travel Professionals (Regulation) Act, Police Station Sanaur, District Patiala.

2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Ramdass @Rinku’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above-named complainant that his son, namely ‘Ravinder Singh’, was working in Italy, where his friend’s son, namely ‘Harjit Singh’, also worked. According to complainant, both of them wanted to work in USA, and therefore, he came