RAJAT KUMAR SONI vs STATE OF U.T CHANDIGARH

1 CRM-M-24980-2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217 CRM-M-24980-2026 (O&M) Reserved on: 13.07.2026 Pronounced on: 15.07.2026 Uploaded on: 15.07.2026 RAJAT KUMAR SONI PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Argued by: Mr. Rahul Sidher, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ankur Bali, Addl. Public Prosecutor, U.T. Chandigarh. *** Shalini Singh Nagpal, J. 1. Petitioner seeks regular bail in FIR No.137 dated 29.08.2024 under Sections 409, 420, 120(b) IPC, Police Station South, Sector-34, Chandigarh. Sections 467, 468 and 471 IPC have been added in the FIR during investigation. This is the first petition for regular bail. 2. Complainant J. Kasinathan stated that his relatives Asimghori Fazullulllea Khan Ghori, Sittandi Annand Kumar, Harrish Muthramalingam and Elangovan Arumugam were eager to got to Canada for which Great Times was contacted. They assured to provide them work permit for Canada on transfer of ₹11,00,000/-, which he did from his account to the account provided by Tanya. He along with his relatives came to Chandigarh on 12.04.2024 and met Rajat, Kuldip and Tanya, who asked to deposit ad