IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:17.04.2026 Ramesh Kumar @ Ramesh Kumar Goyal ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY *****

Present : Mr. Ashok Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Manipal Singh Atwal, DAG, Punjab.

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AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.44 dated 04.04.2025, registered at Police Station Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib, under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61 of BNS (corresponding to Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120A and 120B IPC) and off ence under Sections 316(4), 318, 61(2) of BNS ( corresponding to Sections 408, 415, 417, 418, 420, 120-B IPC) and Sections

13(1)(b) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act added later on.

2. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner, Senior Accountant, was assigned duties of the post of BDPO and had never signed the cheques issued in favour of different firms as mentioned in para 5 of the status r eport nor received any message regarding the same on his mobile phone. There were some amounts during the tenure of the