IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.109 CRM-M-20029-2026 Date of Decision: 10.04.2026 MANHARBHAI LAXMANDAS PARYANI @ MANU BHAI ANR.

...Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. Abhinav Sood, Advocate and Mr. Sayyam Garg, Advocate for the petitioners.

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MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral)

1. This is the first petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 438 Cr.P.C., 1973) for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in case FIR No. 0143 dated 18.10.2025, registered under Section 420 of the IPC, 1860 (now Section 318 of the BNS, 2023) at Police Station Balachaur, District SBS Nagar.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the present FIR has been registered on the complaint of Satya Devi, who along with her husband was running a firm namely M/s Satya Agro Traders (Potato Farm) at village Raju Majra, District SBS Nagar. It is alleged that the firm used to purchase potatoes from farmers of Punjab on credit basis and thereafter sell the same in Gujarat and clear the payments to the farmers upon receiving the sale proceeds. It is further alleged