AJAY KUMAR NARWAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-11080-2026 1 206 (2nd case) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-11080-2026 Ajay Kumar Narwal ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Shakti Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Advocate for the complainant. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.0267 dated 03.12.2025, registered under Sections 406, 420, 120-B of the IPC, 1860, at Police Station Samana (Sadar Samana), District Patiala, Punjab. 2. On 19.03.2026, the following order was passed: “Learned State counsel has filed reply by way of affidavit dated 15.03.2026 of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Circle Samana, District Patiala. The same be kept on record. A copy of the same has been furnished to learned counsel for the petitioner. Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the genesis of the FIR in question is at the most a money