JATINDER PAL @ JATINDERPAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

CRM-M No.30354 of 2026 -1- 106 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.30354 of 2026 Date of Decision: 25.05.2026 Jatinder Pal @ Jatinderpal .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Mitul Singh Rana, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, D.A.G., Punjab. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. 1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.130, dated 14.10.2025, under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 61(2) of BNS, registered at Police Station Taragarh, District Pathankot. 2. Succinctly the facts of the case are that FIR in the present case was registered on the statement of complainant, namely, Mulakh Raj, Chief Manager, Punjab Gramin Bank, Kanwan, Pathankot. It was alleged that on 08.11.2024, co-accused Neelam, Head Teacher, Shaheed Constable Pardeep Kumar Govt. Elementary School visited the bank to apply for personal loan and she has given reference of two teachers namely Prince Lal and Roop Lal, who were also posted in the same school and they were also willing to avail personal loan. It was alleged that on 20.11.2024, a p