SUKHBIR SINGH vs STATE OF UT. CHANDIGARH

(206) CRM-M-1451-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-1451-2026(O & M) Date of decision: 06.05.2026 SUKHBIR SINGH ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. Gaurav Datta, Advocate; Mr. Raghav Grover, Advocate, and Ms. Anushka Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Arav Gupta, Addl. P.P., UT Chandigarh. **** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNSS’) for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.134 dated 09.12.2025 (Annexure P-1), under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short - ‘the BNS’), registered at Police Station East Sector 26, Chandigarh. 2. Allegations against the petitioner are that he falsely represented himself as owner of a 4 kanal plot and induced the complainant to pay an amount of Rs.20 lakhs as earnest money for the said land. Petitioner failed to execute the sale deed or provide ownership documents and it was later found that the property was not registered in his name. The petitioner also issued a