CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866 105 105 105 105 ((((2222nd nd nd nd case) case) case) case) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT Amarjit Singh State of Punjab Date of Decision: Date of Decision: Date of Decision: Date of Decision: Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: Present Present Present Present: SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 concession of 19.03.2026, under Section of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act added vide order dated 03.07.2026), at Police Station 2. 26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 case) case) case) case) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 Amarjit Singh versus Punjab Date of Decision: Date of Decision: Date of Decision: Date of Decision: July 20 July 20 July 20 July 20, 2026 , 2026 , 2026 , 2026 Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: Date of Uploading: July 20 July 20 July 20 July 20, 2026 , 2026 , 2026 , 2026 HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Mr. Lovish Arora, Advocate for Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG Punjab ***** ***** ***** ***** SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) , J. (ORAL) , J. (ORAL) , J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner , under Section 406, 420 and 120 Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act added vide order dated , at Police Station Anaj Mandi, District Patiala. On 12.05.2026, the following order was passed: ““““1. The present petition has been filed under Section Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.45 dated 19.03.2026 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 406, 420 and 120 (for short ‘the IPC’) registered at Police Station Anaj Mandi, District Patiala. 2. Allegations against the present petitioner are that he along with other co-accused, namely, Amritpal Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Kamalpreet Kaur and Gurveen Kaur has duped the complainant of an amount of Rs.8,70,000/- on the pretext of sending the complainants, namely, Gurpal 1111 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH 2026 2026 2026 2026 ....Petitioner ....Respondent HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG Punjab. been filed under Section 482 of the (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.45 dated 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC, 1860 (Section 13 Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act added vide order dated Anaj Mandi, District Patiala. he following order was passed: The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.45 dated 19.03.2026 (Annexure under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 d at Police Station Anaj Mandi, District Allegations against the present petitioner are that he along with accused, namely, Amritpal Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Kamalpreet and Gurveen Kaur has duped the complainant of an amount of on the pretext of sending the complainants, namely, Gurpal ....Petitioner ....Respondent been filed under Section 482 of the for grant of dated (Section 13 Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act added vide order dated 482 of the anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.45 dated 19.03.2026 (Annexure B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 d at Police Station Anaj Mandi, District Allegations against the present petitioner are that he along with accused, namely, Amritpal Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Kamalpreet and Gurveen Kaur has duped the complainant of an amount of on the pretext of sending the complainants, namely, Gurpal MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.07.20 17:07 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/ judgment CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 2222 Singh, Deepak Anand and Harmanpreet Kaur abroad, but neither the complainants were sent abroad nor their money was returned. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner on the following grounds: i. Case of the petitioner is on same footing with co-accused, namely, Gurveen Kaur, who has already been granted the concession of interim anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 01.05.2026 passed in CRM CRM CRM CRM----M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026; ii. No specific role has been attributed to the petitioner; iii. Petitioner has no concern with the alleged immigration firm, namely, ‘A-One Institute’. iv. Petitioner’s son, i.e. co-accused, namely, Simranjeet Singh was previously employed in the immigration firm of one Gurpreet Singh, however, he left the job and due to grudge against the son of the petitioner, a false case has been registered against the co-accused and the petitioner; v. Complainant, namely, Gurpal Singh was earlier an employee of Gurpreet Singh and was well acquainted with said Gurpreet Singh; vi. 31 FIRs have been registered against said Gurpreet Singh and in counterblast to the same, the present FIR has been registered against the petitioner; vii. Except the present FIR, there is no other criminal case against the petitioner; viii. Petitioner is ready and willing to join the investigation and cooperate with the investigating agency; and ix. Custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required, as nothing is to be recovered from him. 4. In pursuance of advance notice, learned State counsel appeared and accepted notice on behalf of respondent-State and did not dispute the fact that the case of the petitioner is on same footing with co-accused, namely, Gurveen Kaur, who has already been granted the concession of interim anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 01.05.2026. 5. Heard. 6. Taking into consideration the contentions of learned counsel for the parties, the facts and circumstances of the present case, this Court finds merit in the present petition on the following grounds: i. Case of the petitioner is on same footing with co-accused, namely, Gurveen Kaur, who has already been granted the concession of interim anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 01.05.2026 passed in CRM CRM CRM CRM----M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026 M No.24541 of 2026; ii. No specific role has been attributed to the petitioner and allegations levelled in the FIR are general in nature; iii. Petitioner has no concern with the alleged immigration firm namely ‘A-One Institute’, as he was not its proprietor/partner/employee or agent; iv. Complainant, namely, Gurpal Singh was earlier an employee of Gurpreet Singh and was well acquainted with said Gurpreet Singh; v. Except the present FIR, there is no other criminal case against the petitioner; vi. Petitioner is ready and willing to join the investigation and cooperate with the investigating agency; and vii. Custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required as nothing is to be recovered from him. 7. At this stage, the petitioner is directed to join the investigation as and when required by investigating officer. In the event of his arrest, the petitioner shall be admitted to interim bail on his furnishing of bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of investigating/arresting officer, subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 482(2) of the BNSS (erstwhile Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.), till the next date of hearing. 8. List on 01.07.2026 along with CRM-M No.24541 of 2026.” ” ” ” MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.07.20 17:07 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/ judgment CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 3333 2.1. On 03.07.2026, the following order was passed: ““““CRM CRM CRM CRM----25948 25948 25948 25948----2026 in CRM 2026 in CRM 2026 in CRM 2026 in CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 Notice of the application in hand be issued to respondent-State of Punjab. On the strength of advance notice; Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab causes appearance on behalf of the respondent-State of Punjab. Having heard learned counsel for the rival parties and upon perusal of the record, the application in hand is granted and it is clarified that the interim order dated 12.05.2026 earlier passed in the petition shall be read in respect of offence under Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act. CRM stands disposed of. CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was unable to join investigation in terms of interim protection earlier afforded to him, on account of the said interim order not having been passed in respect of Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act (ibid). He seeks and is afforded another opportunity to do so. Ergo, the petitioner shall now cause appearance before the concerned Investigating Officer at 11:00 AM in the concerned police station on 08.07.2026. List for consideration on 20.07.2026. To be heard alongwith CRMM-24541-2026. Be taken up in the urgent cause list.”””” 3. Learned State counsel (on instructions) has stated that pursuant to the orders dated 12.05.2026 & 03.07.2026, the petitioner has joined investigation and his custodial interrogation is not required. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the record; especially in view of the factum of the petitioner having joined investigation and his custodial interrogation is not being sought for by the State; the interim orders dated 12.05.2026 & 03.07.2026 passed by this Court are made absolute, subject to the conditions as enumerated under Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023. 5. Petition stands allowed allowed allowed allowed, accordingly. 6. This order should not be treated as “blanket” order. It will not be read as granting petitioner indefinite protection from arrest. It shall be confined to the FIR mentioned ibid and will not operate in respect of any other incident that involves commission of an offence. MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.07.20 17:07 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/ judgment CRM CRM CRM CRM----M M M M----26866 26866 26866 26866----2026 2026 2026 2026 4444 7. Liberty is reserved in favour of State/complainant to move for cancellation/recall of this order in case the petitioner violates any condition stipulated under Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023 or upon showing any other sufficient cause. 8. Needless to say that anything observed herein above shall not be construed to be an opinion on the merits of the case. 9. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. (SUMEET GOEL) (SUMEET GOEL) (SUMEET GOEL) (SUMEET GOEL) JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE July 20 July 20 July 20 July 20, 2026 , 2026 , 2026 , 2026 mahavir Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No Whether reportable: Yes/No MAHAVIR SINGH 2026.07.20 17:07 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/ judgment