GURPREET SINGH AND ANR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

107 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.26539 of 2026 Date of decision: 11.05.2026 Gurpreet Singh and another …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Sumeet Puri, Advocate (joined through VC) for the petitioners. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. The present is the first petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (old Section 438 Cr.P.C.) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in FIR No.193 dated 30.12.2025, registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B IPC (Sections 316, 318 and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) at Police Station Dehlon, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana, in the interest of justice and fair play. 2. Briefly stated, the allegations in the present FIR are that the complainant, namely Ramjeet Singh, alleged that petitioner Gurpreet Singh, being known to him, introduced him to one Davinder Singh, who represented himself to be a travel agent capable of sending the complainant’s daughter abroad on study basis through a contract marriage arrangement. It is alleged that the accused persons persuaded the NEETU RANI 2026.05.1