RAVNEET SINGH @ RANA @ RAVNEET SIDHU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.20102 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 ***** CRM-M No.20102 of 2026 Date of decision : 17.7.2026 Date of uploading : 18.7.2026 Ravneet Singh @ Rana @ Ravneet Sidhu ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Davinder Kumar, Advocate, for Mr. PKS Phoolka, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 30.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.69 dated 14.03.2026, registered for offences punishable under Section 420 of IPC, at Police Station Canal Colony, Bathinda, District Bathinda (Punjab); the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Inter alia contends that agreement to sell in question, which forms basis of FIR in question, is dated 26.07.2023, whereas, the FIR in question was registered on 14.03.2026; the FIR has essentially civil/ property relates overtones, the petitioner is a man with clean antecedents, & the petitioner is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein. Put up on 26.05.2026. The petition