NEERAJ KUMAR KOCHHAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-23662-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 CRM-M-23662-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 15.05.2026 Neeraj Kumar Kochhar ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY ***** Present : Mr. S.S. Narula, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Inderjeet Sihag, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG Punjab ***** AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 483 BNSS is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.9 dated 04.11.2025, registered under Sections 316(5), 318(3), 318(4), 319(2), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2) BNS and 7(A) 13(1) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act at Police Station Punjab State Crime, Police Station Phase-4, SAS Nagar, Mohali. 2. Learned Senior counsel contends that the petitioner has been in custody for about 6 months. He is in the business of lending money and facilitating loans, based on documents handed over by the applicants and in that process, he received some amounts from the few loanees after sanctioning of loans as they were only returning the amount, they had borrowed from him. There were 3 loans that were sanction