IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.7449 of 2026 (O & M)

Date of decision : 24.3.2026 Date of uploading : 25.3.2026 Parduman Sharma ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Naveen Bawa, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab Mr. Vishnu Dutta, Advocate, for the complainant ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present 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.238 dated 25.10.2025 under Sections 308(2), 351(2) and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Division No.6, District Ludhiana.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of extorting money from the complainant on phone to the tune of ₹3,45,000/-.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is in custody since 25.10.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that the FIR in question essentially has civil overtones. Learned counsel has further argued that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR