CRM-M- IN 214 Charanjit K Vers State of Pun CORAM: Present: AARADHN 1. 15.10.2025 Police Stat petition for 2. noticed her Singh, res Jalandhar therein tha studying, y three Satna -63889-2025 -1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJA CHANDIGA anjit Kaur Versus of Punjab AM: HON9BLE MS. JUSTICE AA Mr. Naveen Mahajan, Advoca Mr. Gautam Thapar, Senior DA **** ADHNA SAWHNEY, J. (Oral) Petitioner, who is an accuse 2025, registered against him under e Station Lohian, District Jalandhar ion for grant of anticipatory bail. Relevant facts as emerging fr ed hereinbelow:- Gurnam Singh, an agriculturi resident of village Gatta Mundi har, set the criminal law in motio that he has three sons. The eld g, younger to him Ajay was studyi atnam Singh is in Class 10th. One of 1- PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT DIGARH CRM-M-63889-2025 Date of Decision: 17.02.2026 &Petitioner. &Respondent. CE AARADHNA SAWHNEY. dvocate for the petitioner. nior DAG, Punjab. accused in case FIR No. 140 date under Sections 140(2), 143 of BNS, andhar (Rural), has filed the prese ging from the documents on record b lturist by profession, son of Gurdee undi Kasu, Tehsil Shahkot, Distri otion by filing a complaint pointin e eldest, named Gurvinder Singh tudying in 10+2 and the youngest ne of his sons, namely, Ajay wanted .2026 dated BNS, at present cord be rdeep istrict inting ngh is est of ted to GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- go to Aust Gurudwara time, throu a brief per that the bo lakhs. It w Australia o took his so to Dubai. brother Ma the boy is they would would be k threatening accomplice Gurvinder With this b those who against the 140 dated Station Loh interrogatio and disclos narrated th Charanjit K -63889-2025 -2 Australia. One Kritika, resident of wara Takkar Sahib, Tarn Taran wa hrough whom his elder son Gurvind period. He (c) discussed the matt e boy would be sent to Australia. Th It was agreed that the amount wou lia on work permit. In accordance is son Ajay to Calcutta on 2.10.2025 ai. On 5.10.2025, a 8whatsapp9 r Mangal Singh from an internation y is in their custody and that if the ould have to pay Rs.70 lakhs as r be killed. Complainant alleges tha ning calls and suspects that pr plices have a role to play. He als der Singh, who was sent to England his backdrop, he requested the polic who are responsible as also to t them. On the basis of said compl ted 15.10.2025, was registered u/s Lohian, District Jalandhar (Rural) Co-accused Kritika was arres rogation, confessed to her involveme disclosed that immediately after havin ted the entire facts to her accompl anjit Kaur (present petitioner), who 2- t of Baba Basta Singh Colony, nea n was known to the family for a lon vinder Singh had gone to England matter with Kritika, who assured hi . The entire deal was struck at Rs.2 would be paid when the boy reach nce with the agreed promise, Kritik 2025 and thereafter the boy was take call was received by his young ational number. The caller said th the family wants to get him release as ransom money otherwise the bo that his brother is still receiving th t probably Kritika along with h e also pointed out that his elder so land, has been deported back to Indi police authorities to catch hold of a to initiate appropriate proceeding mplaint, a formal case vide FIR N u/s 140(2), 143 of BNS, at Polic ral). s arrested on 30.10.2025, who durin lvement in the commission of offenc r having a word with complainant, sh complices, namely, Tiger Dokar an , who had referred two more client , near a long for d him Rs.20 aches ritika taken unger id that eased, e boy ng the h her er son India. of all edings R No. Police uring offence ant, she and clients, GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- namely, R disclosed th along with who told h each have t Robanpreet present pe Robanpreet they were d sold them Ajay (com very worrie two install transferred Tiger Doka India. grant of Additional Aggrieved 3. was not na only on the arrested on are careful -63889-2025 -3 ly, Robanpreet Singh and Sukhjind osed that on 6.10.2025, she came to k with other persons, who had been se told her to convey to the family mem have to pay Rs.70 lakhs each or else th It further emerges from d npreet Singh, who was desirous of nt petitioner, who assured him tha npreet Singh also highlighted that whe were disclosed that Kritika and prese them. Somehow, Sukhjinder Singh m complainant9s son) were mercilessl worried about his well being, he (Ro installments to both petitioner and ferred Rs.14 lakhs in the accounts, d r Dokar. Only thereafter, he was rele Apprehending her arrest, peti t of pre-arrest bail. The same cam tional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, ieved of which, the present petition ha Learned counsel for the petiti named in the FIR, has been false on the basis of disclosure statement ted on 30.10.2025. Further, even if th arefully analyzed, no specific overt 3- khjinder Singh to her. She furth e to know that the son of complaina een sent, are in custody of Tiger Doka y members of the boys that they wou else the boys would be killed. om documents on record that on ous of going Australia, contacted th im that the needful would be don at when they initially landed in Tehra esent petitioner Charanjit Kaur hav ngh managed to escape, whereas he an cilessly beaten up. As his father wa (Robanpreet) paid Rs.24,50,000/- er and Kritika. Thereafter, he als nts, details of which were provided as released from captivity and reache st, petitioner moved an application fo e came to be dismissed by learne , vide order dated 01.11.202 tion has been filed for grant of bail. petitioner submits that petitioner, wh n falsely implicated in the present cas ement of co-accused Kritika, who wa if the allegations levelled in the FI ert act has been attributed to th further plainant r Dokar, y would at one ed the e done. Tehran, ur have s he and her was - in also vided to reached tion for learned 1.2025. , who ent case ho was the FIR to the GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- petitioner, n was known There bein complainan him. Towa petitioner i recovered f join the inv has been m 4. State coun named in unsuspectin on the stren present cas when she w involved in to her and nothing on any ill will she (Kritika complainan to the famil who was -63889-2025 -4 ioner, never ever any money was hand known to Kritika, prior to the incide e being no allegation that petitione lainant to send his son abroad and in Towards the end, learned counsel ioner is not needed for custodial in ered from her. Nonetheless, she bein the investigation as and when called fo een made. Per contra, while opposing the counsel contends that the present p d in the FIR, are habitual of exten specting persons, who are desirous of e strength of these fake promises they nt case as well, though co-accused K she was arrested, she highlighted the lved in this racket including the presen r and had on earlier occasion as well It is further the submission of ing on record to draw an inference tha ill will against the present petitioner a Kritika) levelled false allegations. Further, as per learned State co lainant, who was sent abroad, was m e family demanding ransom money , a was accompanying Ajay, on his r 4- s handed over to her. Complainant wh incident was directly dealing with he titioner at any point in time assure nd in lieu thereof accepted money fro ounsel submits that presence of th dial interrogation as nothing is to b being law abiding citizen is willing lled for. Prayer for allowing the petitio ing the request for grant of bail, learne sent petitioner and co-accused Kritik extending false promises to innoce us of sending their children abroad an they extract money from them. In th sed Kritika was named in the FIR, b ed the names of other persons who we present petitioner, who was well know well, referred few clients to her. ion of learned State counsel that there ce that co-accused Kritika was nursin ioner and that to settle scores with he tate counsel, the fact that the son of th made a captive, threats were issue ney , as also that that Robanpreet Sing his return to India, highlighted th ant who ith her. assured ey from of the s to be illing to petition learned Kritika nnocent oad and . In the FIR, but ho were l known there is nursing ith her, n of the e issued t Singh, ted the GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- emotional, who had later it cam Kritika to record, pri interrogatio their Modu Dismissal o 5. documents 6. the counse Supreme C application 7. The State Supreme C ought not t 8. petitioner i From the m of petitione statement o petitioner p also indicat role in the -63889-2025 -5 ional, mental and physical turmoil und been made to forcibly stay at an it came to be known that boys had be ka to Tiger Dokar, all suggest deep prima facie, indicates involvemen rogation is needed to find out who all a odus Operandai, how many innoce issal of the petition has been prayed fo Heard learned counsel for th ments on record. Before expressing any opinio ounsels, it would be appropriate to r eme Court, wherein the factors to be k cation for grant of anticipatory bail, ha In Nikita Jagganath Shetty @ tate of Maharashtra and another, eme Court held that <Anticipatory ba not to be granted in a routine manne Factual backdrop of the cas ioner in the entire incident has been h the material collected till date by inv tioner along with other accused ca ment of co-accused Kritika, who spe ioner played a constructive role, statem indicates that petitioner along with oth in the entire incident as initially the b 5- oil undergone by him and the other boy at an undisclosed destination and th had been sold by present petitioner an t deep rooted conspiracy. Material o lvement of petitioner, where custodi o all are involved in this racket, what innocent persons have been duped et ayed for. for the parties and have perused th opinion on submissions raised by bo te to refer to the judgment of Hon9b o be kept in mind while dealing with a ail, have been discussed. etty @ Nikita Vishwajeet Jadhav v her, 2025 AIR SC 3375, the Hon9b ry bail is an exceptional remedy an nner.= he case and the role played by th een highlighted in para 2 of this orde by investigating agencies, involveme sed can be inferred. From disclosu ho specifically mentioned that prese statement of another victim Robanpre th other accused played a constructiv y the boys were promised to be sent her boys and that ner and erial on ustodial , what is etc. sed the by both Hon9ble with an av vs. Hon9ble y and by the is order. lvement sclosure present anpreet tructive sent to GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M- Australia b in most in Investigatio needed to unsuspectin false prom modus ope able to mak entitling h 9. 17.02.2026 gbs -63889-2025 -6 ralia but were sent to Tehran, where th ost inhuman manner. Family was stigation is at initial stage. Custod ed to find out who all are involved specting persons are defrauded of their promises to send them/their family operandi etc. Court is thus of the op to make out a case of exceptional de ling her this extra ordinary relief of gra The petition being devoid of a .2026 Whether Speaking/reasoned Whether Reportable 6- here they were held captive and treate y was asked to pay ransom mone ustodial interrogation of petitioner olved in this racket in which innoce f their hard earned money by extendin family members abroad, what is the opinion that petitioner has not bee nal depravity or hardship in her favou of grant of pre-arrest bail. id of any merit is hereby dismissed. (AARADHNA SAWHNEY) JUDGE : Yes/No : Yes/No treated money. ioner is nnocent tending is their ot been favour NEY) GURBACHAN SINGH 2026.02.24 11:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document