MUKUL KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-29790-2026 (O&M) THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-29790-2026 (O&M) Reserved on: 14.07.2026 Pronounced on: 16.07.2026 Uploaded on: 16.07.2026 MUKUL KUMAR …Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent Coram: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal Argued by: Mr. Virenjeet Singh Mahal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG Punjab. *** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. 1. Petitioner seeks regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 0085 dated 13.06.2023 under Sections 420 and 120-B Indian Penal Code, Police Station City 1, Malerkotla, District Malerkotla, Punjab. This is the second petition for regular bail. First one was dismissed as withdrawn on 14.01.2026. 2. Case was registered on complaint of Anchit Goyal who alleged that he was doing work of immigration and IELTS since 2008 and worked with different companies for expansion of business. Some time ago, he saw an advertisement for going to Canada without IELTS, on which account he went to Sukhman Kaur wife of Mukul Kumar who told him that they would charge ₹10,00,000/- per student and ₹1,00,000/- in advance for each student. Complainant further alleged he sent 25 cases and transferred ₹25,00,0