IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.01.2026 Inderjeet Singh @ Inder ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Rohit Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amritpal Singh Gill, DAG, Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.96 dated 08.07.2025 registered under Sections 308(2) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Sections 25/54/59 of Arms Act were added later on), at Police Station Kalanaur, District Gurdaspur.

2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner provided the complainant’s mobile number to another person who thereafter made ransom and threatening calls to the complainant from an international number.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the said offence. He argued that as per prosecution, the alleged extortion was received by the complainant on 04.07.2025 and the FIR