Authority: High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh
Order Date: 06 July 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Nitish Rajput (brother of Kamal Singh’s wife).
- Respondent: State of Punjab.
- FIR No.200 registered on 23 December 2025 at Police Station Focal Point, District Ludhiana under Sections 316(4) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS), with an additional offence under Section 61(2) of BNS added subsequently.
- Complaint filed by Jitender Singh, Accounts Executive at Akal Spring Limited, alleging that Kamal Singh (Accounts Head) fraudulently transferred Rs. 3,00,000 on 04 October 2025 to his personal Bank of Baroda account (No. 01030100042222) and possibly diverted many other payments, causing losses worth crores to the factory.
- The factory’s account details: Account No. 6560364035, Indian Bank, Sunder Nagar, Ludhiana.
- Kamal Singh is identified as the main accused; the petitioner’s alleged involvement is limited to a deposit in his account, which remains to be determined at trial.
- Petitioner has been in custody since 06 March 2026; a final report has been submitted, and no recovery is required from him.
- Counsel for petitioner: Senior Advocate Dr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Advocate Mr. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Advocate Mr. Bishnoi Abhimanyu.
- State counsel and complainant’s counsel (Mr. Rahul Jindal, A.A.G., Punjab; Mr. D.S. Sobti, Advocate; Ms. Sheenam Kamboj, Advocate) opposed bail, asserting that some amount was indeed transferred to the petitioner’s account.
- The Court, after considering submissions, noted that the trial will be sufficiently long and continued detention serves no useful purpose.
Final Outcome
- The petition for regular bail is allowed.
- The petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail upon furnishing bail/surety bonds satisfactory to the concerned trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate.
- Any pending applications, if any, are to stand disposed of.
Topics: Criminal Law, Bail