DEEPAK DHUNNA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-22946-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 216 CRM-M-22946-2026 Date of decision: 27th May, 2026 Deepak Dhunna ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Advocate for the complainant. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No. 98 dated 10.04.2025 registered under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC at Police Station City Kapurthala, District Kapurthala. 2. Vide order dated 24.04.2026 passed by this Court, the petitioner was released on interim bail and was directed to join investigation. 3. The petitioner had joined the investigation on 30.04.2026 as informed by learned State counsel on the last date of hearing. The custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required. Learned counsel for the complainant, has, however, strenuously argued that the allegations ag