MUKESH KHANNA @ VIPAN vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-33158-2026 (O&M) -1- 2026:PHHC:096040 eee IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33158-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.07.2026 Mukesh Khanna @ Vipan ...Petitioner(s) Vs. State of Punjab ... Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.S. SHEKHAWAT Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Amit Rana, Sr. DAG, Punjab. 2K N.S. SHEKHAWAT, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short BNSS, 2023) with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to him in case FIR No.13, dated 07.03.2025, registered under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(2), 336(2), 336(3), 337, 62, 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short BNS) [corresponding Sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 466, 511 and 120-B IPC], at Police Station Police City Raikot, District Ludhiana. 2. While granting the concession of interim anticipatory bail, this Court had noticed the following contentions:- “Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that as per the allegations levelled by the complainant, the petitioner and his co- accused wanted to sell the land of the complainant and his family members and had executed an agreement to sell in