AMIT KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-21709-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.105 CRM-M-21709-2026 Date of Decision: 04.05.2026 AMIT KUMAR ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. L.S. Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present is the second petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 438 Cr.P.C.) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 0029 dated 20.07.2025, registered under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, at Police Station Cyber Crime, District Police Commissionerate, Amritsar. 2. It is pertinent to note that the present petition is the second anticipatory bail application filed by the petitioner. The first anticipatory bail application was dismissed by this Court vide order dated 07.03.2026, while taking into consideration the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioner, the material collected during the course of investigation, as well as the requirement of custodial interrogation, particularly for recovery of the mobile phone allegedly used