IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Sr. No.233 Decided On : October 08, 2025 Charankamal Singh @ Bunty .... Petitioner vs.

State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR.

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Present : Mr. Vikram Jeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Navdeep Singh, DAG, Punjab.

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SUKHVINDER KAUR , J . :

Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.174 dated 11.12.2024, under Sections 178, 179 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, registered at Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana.

Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that the petitioner, along with co-acused namely Sandeep Singh @ Kali was found in possession of 19 counterfeit currency notes of Rs.500/- denomination, while travelling in their Honda City car. On the basis of this recovery, the FIR in question was registered.

Learned counsel for petitioner has contended that the petitioner has been falsely involved in the present case and there is no material on record to show that the petitioner had committed any offence. Rather, the prosecution story is co