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2026 Supreme(P&H) 25

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
NEERJA K.KALSON
............ – Appellant
Versus
............ – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Omesh Garg, Advocate and Mr. Sunny Sagar, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Gorav Kathuria, DAG, Punjab, Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate

Table of Content
1. establishment of procedural history and factual background. (Para 1 , 2)
2. conflicting arguments concerning merit of bail application. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. legal precedents governing the exercise of discretionary anticipatory bail. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. assessment of serious allegations justifying bail refusal. (Para 10 , 11)

JUDGMENT :

NEERJA K. KALSON , J.

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 027 dated 21.01.2026, under Sections 308(2) and 78 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Machhiwara, District Ludhiana, Punjab.

2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution, as reflected from the contents of the FIR and the record, is that the complainant, Hardeep Singh, moved an application before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Khanna, alleging that the petitioner, Parwinder Singh, had been harassing and blackmailing the prosecutrix, who has been residing in the United Kingdom for the past about one and a half years. It is alleged that the petitioner used to send abusive and objectionable messages, extend th

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