1. Present second petition has been filed under Section 483 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of
regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.200 dated 19.11.2025 under
Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023,
registered at Police Station Dugri, District Ludhiana.
2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present
petition by the petitioner) is as follows:-
“Application No. PGD 532009, Complaint No. 532780 dated 19- 02-2025 by
Manpreet Singh son of Harjit Singh, resident of House No. 2193, Main Market,
Abdullapuri Basti, Ludhiana, after inquiry for registration of a case, was
received at the police station through post from the office of the Hon’ble
Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, the contents of which are as under: “To, The
Hon’ble Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana. Subject: Application against 1).
Jaswant Singh (Aadhaar Card No. 9832-5512-4275) son of Gajjan Singh,
resident of House No. 2185, Guru Nanak Colony, Gill, Tehsil and District
Ludhiana (address as shown in the Sale Deed) and House No. 2185, Gill-2,
Chupki, District Ludhiana (address as shown in Aadhaar Card) and presently
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residing near Gurdwara Godri Sahib, Faridkot City, Punjab (Mobile No. 75270-
73822, 91159-45602), 2). Balwinder Singh alias Sonu (Aadhaar Card No. 7348-
9865-2212) son of Satnam Singh, resident of House No. 2, Ward No. 61, Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar, Dugri, Ludhiana (Mobile No. 98552-92808, 70094-57492)
(Witness), 3). Manjit Singh (Nambardar), Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar,
Ludhiana (Mobile No. 89238-00074), 4). Jagtar Singh (Aadhaar Card No. 5145-
8306-9373) son of Gurdev Singh, resident of House No. 965, Street No. 16,
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Dhandra Road, Gill, Ludhiana, 5). Jagira Singh
(Aadhaar Card No. 2665-5626-0176) son of Makhan Singh, resident of House
No. 23, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Ludhiana and 6). Surjit Singh alias Sonu
(Aadhaar Card No. 3474-5673-0403) son of Buta Singh, resident of Mahavir
School, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Gill, Ludhiana, for taking appropriate and
legal action in the matter of showing the applicant a plot belonging to another
person, getting a sale deed executed, committing fraud for money, and now
prevaricating when the applicant demands his hard-earned money, all in
collusion with the Sub-Registrar, Ludhiana (South) and several other officials of
the said department. Sir, It is submitted that I, Manpreet Singh son of Harjit
Singh, am a resident of House No. 2193, Main Market, Abdullapur Basti,
Ludhiana, and make the following submissions: 1) That I am a resident of the
aforesaid address, an Indian citizen who believes in Indian law, and I support my
family by running a grocery business. 2) That the applicant was desirous of
purchasing a plot, in which regard the applicant knew the aforesaid accused No.
4 and used to meet him often. When the applicant mentioned his intention to
purchase a plot, the said accused No. 4, Jagtar Singh, showed the applicant a
plot measuring 150 square yards, part of Khasra No. 1580, Khata No.
2008/2657, from Jamabandi for the year 2010-2011, situated at Village Gill-2,
Hadbast No. 263, Abadi Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Tehsil and District Ludhiana,
through accused No. 5, Jagira Singh, and accused No. 1, Balwinder Singh, and
stated that the owner and possessor of the said plot is accused No. 1, Jaswant
Singh, and that he is desirous of selling the said plot. 3) That in this regard,
accused No. 2. Balwinder Singh, colluded with his acquaintance, accused No. 6,
Surjit Singh, with the intention of selling the said plot to the applicant, and
accused Nos, 2, 4, 5, and 6 conspired together. In this connection, the said
accused No. 2, Balwinder Singh, arranged a meeting at his house to finalize the
deal for the said plot between the applicant and accused No. 1. There, the deal
for the said plot was settled between the applicant and accused No. 1 for Rs. 15
lakhs in the presence of accused Nos. 2, 4, and 5. An amount of Rs. 5 lakhs was
duly paid as earnest money in cash in the presence of the mother of the said
accused No. 2, and the date for the execution of the sale deed was mutually
agreed upon by both parties as 15-11-2024. Thereafter, the said accused No. 1,
through accused Nos. 2, 4, and 5, started putting pressure on the applicant,
stating that accused No. 1 was in dire need of money. Consequently, the
applicant, with great difficulty, borrowed Rs. 2,50,000/- from his acquaintances
and gave it to the said accused No. 1 in the presence of accused Nos. 2, 4, and 5
at the office of former Sarpanch Kirandeep Kaur, in the presence of her husband,
Mohan Kumar. 4) That after some time, the said accused No. 1, through accused
Nos. 2, 4, and 5, started pressuring the applicant to get the sale deed executed
quickly, stating that accused No. 1 was in dire need of money. In response, the
applicant said that he would arrange the money and inform them as soon as
possible, and until then, they should obtain the necessary documents related to
the said property. The said accused Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 then assigned the
responsibility of collecting the necessary documents for the said property to
accused No. 6. The said accused No. 6, in collusion with officials of the Revenue
Department, prepared forged and fabricated documents for the said property. 5)
That the date for executing the sale deed of the said property was mutually
agreed upon by the vendor (i.e., accused No. 1) and the vendee (i.e., the
applicant) as 15-11- 2024. However, the applicant, with great difficulty,
borrowed money from his acquaintances and informed accused No. 1, through
accused Nos. 2, 4, and 5, that he was ready to get the sale deed executed on 20-
09-2024. On 20-09-2024, the applicant paid the remaining amount of Rs.
7,50,000/- in the Innova car of accused No. 6, Surjit Singh, in the presence of the
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said accused Nos. 2, 4, 6, Mohan Kumar (husband of former Sarpanch
Kirandeep Kaur), and the applicant’s brother, Jaspreet Singh. When the
applicant inquired about accused No. 5, Jagira Singh, at that time, the other
accused persons cited his illness. After receiving the remaining amount, accused
No. 1 had the sale deed for the said property executed in favour of the applicant
at the office of the Sub-Registrar, Ludhiana (South), through Deed No. 2024-
202/103/4/704 dated 20-09-2024, with accused No. 3, Manjit Singh, as the
Nambardar witness and accused No. 2, Balwinder Singh, as another witness. A
copy of the same is attached herewith. 6) That about 10 days after receiving the
sale deed of the said property, when the applicant went to the purchased property
on 12-10-2024 and started cleaning the plot, after a while, other individuals
came to the plot, who claimed to be the owners and possessors of the said plot
and showed their documents for the said plot. Thereafter, when the applicant and
the other individuals got their property documents verified, the applicant was
shocked to find that the said accused persons, in collusion with each other, had
usurped his hard-earned money and committed fraud against him. 7) That
thereafter. I. on various occasions, requested accused Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 to
return my hard-earned money, but the said accused persons kept prevaricating
every time. Upon the applicant’s repeated requests, on 21-10-2024. accused No.
1, Jaswant Singh, gave a written undertaking in favour of the applicant regarding
the said property, stating that the deed, Deed No. 2024-202/103/4/704 dated 20-
09-2024, executed by accused No. I in favour of the applicant, is false and
fabricated, that accused No. 1 is not the owner of the said property, and that the
owner of the said plot is someone else. He undertook that by 20-01-2025, accused
No. 1 shall be bound to return Rs. 15,30,000/- to the applicant (including Rs.
30,000/- total expenses incurred for the sale deed). If accused No. I fails to return
the money, the applicant can take appropriate and legal action against accused
No. 1. 8) That about a week before 20-01- 2025, the applicant informed accused
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 in advance and requested that his hard-earned money be
returned on the said date. However, on 20-01-2025, the phone of accused No. 1,
Jaswant Singh, was switched off. The very next day, on 21-01-2025, the applicant
went to the house of accused No. 2, where the other accused Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6
were all gathered. They asked the applicant for more time and started
prevaricating about returning the money. The applicant flatly refused to accept
the said demand and stated that he was in dire need of his money. Then, the said
accused Nos. 2, 4, 5. and 6 assured the applicant that they would, on their own
responsibility, get the money from accused No. I by 08-02-2025 and started
requesting another agreement to be made until 08-02-2025. However, to put the
said agreement in writing, accused No. 1 deliberately did not come Ludhiana. To
date, the said accused Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are still prevaricating in returning
the money from the fraud committed against the applicant. On the contrary, the
said accused threaten the applicant, claiming to have connections with high-
ranking officials and political representatives, saying that they will get the
applicant and his family falsely implicated in cases and will forcibly take
possession of the said plot without returning any money to the applicant.
Therefore, it is requested that, in view of the above facts, appropriate and legal
action be initiated against the said accused persons for showing the applicant a
plot belonging to another person, getting a sale deed executed, committing fraud
for money, and now prevaricating when the applicant demands his hard-earned
money, all in collusion with the Sub-Registrar, Ludhiana (South) and several
other officials of the said department, and that justice be delivered by ensuring
the return of the applicant’s hard-earned money. With thanks. Sd/- Applicant
Manpreet Singh son of Harjit Singh, resident of House No. 2193, Main Market,
Abdullapur Basti, Ludhiana, Phone No. 98784-55272. The inquiry into the said
application was conducted by Shri Ramandeep Singh Bhullar, PPS, Additional
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Ludhiana, who, after inquiry. wrote
in his inquiry report that the respondent party, Jaswant Singh son of Gajjan
Singh, resident of House No. 2185, Guru Nanak Colony. Village Gill, Ludhiana,
in collusion with dealer Balwinder Singh, with a fraudulent intention, obtained a
sum of Rs. 15 lakhs for a property measuring 150 square yards, situated at
Village Gill-2, Abadi Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Tehsil and District Ludhiana, of
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which he was not the owner, and executed a full and final agreement in favour of
the applicant Manpreet Singh. Subsequently, despite agreeing to return the
money, his failure to do so constitutes criminal breach of trust and cheating. The
role of the witnesses to the agreement, Surjit Singh son of Buta Singh, Jagir
Singh son of Makhan Singh, and Jagtar Singh son of Gurdev Singh, needs to be
considered during the investigation. If approved, appropriate orders may please
be issued for the registration of a case under sections 406, 420, 120-B of the
Indian Penal Code against the respondent party, Jaswant Singh son of Gajjan
Singh, resident of House No. 2185, Guru Nanak Colony, Village Gill, Ludhiana,
and Balwinder Singh alias Sonu son of Satnam Singh, resident of House No. 02,
Ward No. 61, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Dugri, Ludhiana, at Police Station
Dugri, Ludhiana, and for the Station House Officer, Police Station Dugri,
Ludhiana, to proceed with the investigation. Verified: (Ramandeep Singh
Bhullar, PPS) Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Ludhiana.
The above report was sent for the consideration of the Hon’ble Commissioner of
Police, Ludhiana, upon which the Hon’ble Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana,
wrote “Approved”. Sd/- CP Ludhiana. Today, upon receipt of the said application
at the police station, the aforesaid case under the aforesaid sections has been
registered against Jaswant Singh son of Gajjan Singh, resident of House No.
2185, Guru Nanak Colony, Village Gill, Ludhiana, and Balwinder Singh alias
Sonu son of Satnam Singh, resident of House No. 02, Ward No. 61, Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar, Dugri, Ludhiana.
