RUPESH KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR

109 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-38758-2026 Rupesh Kumar Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Date of Decision: July 17, 2026 Date of Uploading: July 17, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Krishan Singh, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No. 185 dated 20.06.2025, registered under Sections 316(3), 318(4), 351(3), 3(5) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [corresponding to Sections 407, 420, 506, 34 & 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860], at Police Station Ambala City, District Ambala. 2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner and his co-accused is that they had cheated the complainant for ₹16,72,980/- which was allegedly taken on the pretext of sending her son to England and securing employment. However, neither son of the complainant was sent to England nor was the entire amount returned to her. Thus, accor