# ANU KRUNAL PATEL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-05-29
Citation: CRM-M 31728/2026
Petitioner: ANU KRUNAL PATEL
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB

[Official PDF on Punjab and Haryana High Court website](https://livedb9010.phhc.gov.in/public/judgments/order-pdf?case_type=CRM-M&case_no=31728&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-05-29&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

159 are | THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.31728 of 2026 Date of Decision: 29.05.2026 Anu Krunal Patel «+ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab «++. Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ RE Present: Mr. Manu Garg, Advocate and Mr. J. S. Bhogal, Advocate for the petitioner. RE RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed praying for directing the official respondents to release the mobile phones of the petitioner and for setting aside the impugned order dated 20,05,2026 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, SAS Nagar (Mohali) in case bearing FIR No.0014, dated 15.05.2024, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC and sections 66(C) and 66(D) of Information technology Act, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Phase-4, SAS Nagar, District (Crime Wing), SAS Nagar. 2. Perusal of the impugned order dated 20.05.2026 shows that the forensic reports received are being further analysed and hence, the petition filed by the petitioner was declined by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Mohali on the ground that the mobile phones of the RITTU 2026.05.29 20:15 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of 

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