GURJEET SINGH ALIAS KALA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-21569-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.276 CRM-M-21569-2026 Date of Decision: 01.05.2026 GURJEET SINGH ALIAS KALA ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present:- Mr. S.S. Somi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hardeep Hans, AAG, Punjab. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. This is the first petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (akin to Section 438 Cr.P.C.) seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 270, dated 08.11.2025, registered under Sections 406 and 420 IPC (corresponding to Sections 316 and 318 of the BNS, 2023) at Police Station City Rajpura, District Patiala, Punjab. 2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that the petitioner, along with co-accused, allegedly induced the complainant on the pretext of sending him to the USA and, in pursuance thereof, obtained an amount of Rs. 25,00,000/- from him on different dates. It is alleged that despite receiving the said amount, the petitioner neither fulfilled the promise of sending the complainant abroad nor returned the money. It is further the case of the prosecution that a