VAIBHAV AGGARWAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

%8 2026:PHHC:080348 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-15317-2026 (O&M) DECIDED ON: 21.05.2026 VAIBHAV AGGARWAL ..- PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB «+s RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. R.S. Cheema, Sr. Advocate Mrs. Tarannum Cheema, Advocate, Mr. A.S. Cheema, Mr. Satish Sharma, Advocates for the petitioner. Mr. Hardeep Hans, AAG, Punjab. Mr. A.P.S. Deol, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vishal R. Lamba, Advocate for the complainant. MANDEEP PANNU, J (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 438 Cr.PC) for the grant of Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioner in case FIR No.0018 dated 21.03.2025 registered under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of BNS, 2023] at Police Station Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), District Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana (in which offence u/s 120-B Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Section 61(2) BNS, 2023] was added during the course of the investigation). 2. This Court vide order dated 23.03.2026, while issuing notice of motion, granted the concession of interim bail to the petitioner, subject to his joining the inv