PARMINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-19708-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 204 CRM-M-19708-2026 Date of decision: 25th May, 2026 Parminder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Senior Advocate with Mr. Kaushal Chahal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. *** 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. 183 dated 28.10.2025 registered under Sections 316(5) and 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Dirba, District Sangrur. 2. The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint received from the office of Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Sunam Udham Singh Wala, alleging therein that the petitioner, who was previously posted as Manager in Cooperative Marketing Society, Dirba, had embezzled an amount of ₹16,39,456/-. An inquiry had been conducted by the Divisional Inspector, Cooperative Societies and a report was submit