SAURABH KRISHANA UPADHYAY vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-19373-2026 (O&M) THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-19373-2026 (O&M) Reserved on: 14.07.2026 Pronounced on: 16.07.2026 Uploaded on: 16.07.2026 SURABH KRISHNA UPADHYAY …Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …Respondent Coram: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal Argued by: Mr. Akshay Kumar Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG Punjab. Mr. Mandhir Singh Virk, Advocate for the complainant. *** SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. 1. Petitioner seeks regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 25 dated 16.02.2025 under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 336(3), 340(2), 61 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station Patran, District Patiala. Offence under Section 338 BNS was added in the FIR during investigation. This is the first petition for regular bail. 2. Complainant Sukhdev Ram alleged that Saurabh Krishna Upadhyay, owner of Counselling Service Edupedics Services Pvt. Ltd. took a sum of ₹ 21,17,460/- from him on the assurance that he would get his son Gurpreet Ram admitted in MBBS course in Grant Government Medical College Mumbai. Out of this, ₹5,00,000/- was paid in cash, ₹15,00,000/- through RTGS. A sum of ₹ 9,00,000/- was transferred to one acco