VIKAS SHARMA AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB

220 CRM-M-29195-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-29195-2026 Date of decision: 29.05.2026 VIKAS SHARMA AND ANR. ….Petitioners Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Vishal Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Amritpal Singh Gill, DAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in case FIR No.15 dated 01.07.2025 registered under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC at Police Station NRI, Jalandhar. 2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioners in connivance with each other entered into agreement to sell with the complainant-Inderjeet Kaur for purchase of a property and paid an amount of Rs.1,25,00,000/- which was forfeited due to non-compliance of the terms of the agreement by the petitioners and they further prepared forged and fabricated receipts showing payment of additional amounts and used them to create a false claim upon the said property. Hence, the present FIR. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the p