NITIN SAINI @ NITTEN vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M-36603-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 238 CRM-M-36603-2026 Date of Decision: 14.07.2026 NITIN SAINI @ NITTEN ... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Balbir Kumar Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been filed for grant of regular bail under Section 483 of BNSS (erstwhile Section 439 Cr.P.C) in case FIR No. 278 dated 28.09.2025 under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 61(2) and 105 of BNS, 2023 (added later on) (corresponding to Sections 406, 420, 120-B and 304 of IPC, 1860 (added later on) and Section 24 of Immigration Act registered at Police Station Dera Bassi, District SAS Nagar (Mohali). 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner, in connivance with his co-accused, dishonestly induced the complainant to pay a sum of ₹33 lakhs on the assurance that the complainant's brother would be sent to the United States through lawful means. However, instead of facilitating his travel through a legal route, the petitioner and his co-accused allegedly arranged his illegal migration through the "dunki" route. Before the complainant's b