Pushpendra Singh Panwar S/O Sh. Kuldeep Singh Panwar… — Cheating and Forgery | Rajasthan HC (2026)

Pushpendra Singh Panwar S/O Sh. Kuldeep Singh Panwar… — Cheating and Forgery | Rajasthan HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail allowed; interim protection from arrest of order dated 13.02.2026 made absolute. On any arrest, the accused-applicant is to be released on furnishing a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties of Rs.25,000/- each, subject to conditions: availability for interrogation as and when required; no inducement, threat or promise to dissuade disclosure of facts to the court or police; and no departure from India without prior permission of the Court.

Issue for consideration

Whether the anticipatory bail application filed under Section 482 BNSS by the accused-applicant Pushpendra Singh Panwar, in connection with FIR No. 10/2025 (Police Station Kotwali Jhalawar, District Jhalawar) for the offence under Section 406 IPC, should be allowed and the interim protection of 13.02.2026 made absolute.

Court's answer

Considering that the matter is triable by the Magistrate and that the accused-applicant has already joined investigation as and when directed under the interim order dated 13.02.2026, the interim order dated 13.02.2026 is made absolute and the anticipatory bail application is allowed.

Ratio / Principle

The stated operative considerations for allowing anticipatory bail were that the matter is triable by the Magistrate and that the accused-applicant had already joined investigation as and when directed; the order was passed after hearing learned counsel for the parties, on overall facts and circumstances and material on record, expressly without commenting on merits/demerits of the case.

Key takeaways

In the event of arrest of the accused-applicant, the S.H.O./I.O./Arresting Officer, Police Station Kotwali Jhalawar, District Jhalawar (F.I.R. No. 10/2025) is directed to release him on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties of Rs.25,000/- each, subject to the conditions that he (i) makes himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required, (ii) does not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or any police officer, and (iii) does not leave India without prior permission of the Court.ratio¶¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail — allowed (interim protection made absolute): Pushpendra Singh Panwar v. State of Rajasthan, S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 1296/2026, High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench, decided 24/03/2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sameer Jain. Application under Section 482 BNSS in connection with FIR No. 10/2025 of Police Station Kotwali Jhalawar, District Jhalawar, for offence under Section 406 of IPC. Interim protection from arrest had been granted vide order dated 13.02.2026 conditional on the applicant joining investigation, which he did as and when directed. Considering that the matter is triable by the Magistrate and the applicant's compliance, and without commenting on merits/demerits, the Court made the order dated 13.02.2026 absolute and allowed the application: in the event of arrest, release on a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties of Rs.25,000/- each, subject to conditions of availability for interrogation, abstention from inducement/threat/promise to dissuade disclosure, and no departure from India without prior permission of the Court.

[2026:RJ-JP:12300]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 1296/2026

Pushpendra Singh Panwar S/o Sh. Kuldeep Singh Panwar, Aged About 27 Years, R/o 415, Smriti Nagar, Near Ashok Nagar, Indore M.p.

----Applicant

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anubodh Jain For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Sharma, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN

Order

24/03/2026

The present bail application has been filed under Section 482 BNSS in connection with FIR No. 10/2025 registered at Police Station Kotwali Jhalawar, District Jhalawar for the offence(s) under Section 406 of IPC.

Learned counsel for the accused-applicant has submitted that the instant matter is triable by the Magistrate. It is further submitted that vide order dated 13.02.2026, an interim protection from arrest was granted to the applicant, subject to the condition that applicant joins the investigation. In compliance of the same, the applicant joined the investigation as and when directed.

Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application but not able to refute the contentions advanced by learned counsel for the applicant.

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Having heard the contentions put forth by learned counsel for the parties, considering that the matter at hand is triable by the Magistrate and considering the fact that the accused-applicant has already joined investigation as and when directed vide interim order dated 13.02.2026, and looking to the overall facts and circumstances of the case and material on record but without commenting on merits/demerits of the case, this court deems it appropriate to make the order dated 13.02.2026 absolute and allow the anticipatory bail application.

Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is allowed. The S.H.O/I.O/Arresting Officer, Police Station Kotwali Jhalawar District Jhalawar in F.I.R. No. 10/2025 is directed that in the event of arrest of the accused-applicant Pushpendra Singh

Panwar S/o Sh. Kuldeep Singh Panwar shall be released on bail, provided he furnishes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of the S.H.O/I.O/Arresting Officer of the concerned Police Station on the following conditions:-

(i) that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;

(ii) that the applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or any police officer, and

(iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court.

(SAMEER JAIN),J

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