PARVEEN KUMAR RAI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-16506-2026 1 252 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-16506-2026 Date of Decision: 01.05.2026 Parveen Kumar Rai ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Senior Advocate with Mr. Gagandeep Gill, Advocate and Ms. Sweedel Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ekom Pal Sagoo, A.A.G., Punjab. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Present third petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.21 dated 01.08.2024, under Sections 318, 319, 61 of the BNS, 2023 and Sections 66-C, 66-D of the Information Technology Act, 2000, registered at Police Station Punjab State Cyber Crime, District SAS Nagar (Mohali). 2. Succinctly facts of the case are that the FIR has been lodged on the statement of Harish Gupta. It was alleged that on 31.07.2024, he was in GST Office, Ludhiana for meeting with officers and in his absence one of his employee, namely, Seema who works as an Accountant in his company, received a Whatsapp message from Whatsapp account number/phone number carrying his display photograph asking her to transfer Rs.49,60,401/- in the ba