ADESH PUSHPINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

207 CRM-M-25269-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-25269-2026 Date of decision: 26.05.2026 ADESH PUSHPINDER SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Lupil Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.62 dated 16.03.2026 registered under Sections 318(4), 61(2), 297 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 7(3) of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act and Section 13-A of Gambling Act at Police Station Gidderbaha, District Sri Muktsar Sahib. 2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner being the President of an NGO-Asha Di Kiran operated an illegal lottery scheme in the name of social service without obtaining any permission or authorization from the government and duped innocent persons. Hence, the present FIR. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He argued that no exact date,