IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 27.10.2025 GURSEWAK SINGH ....Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY Present : Dr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Pratham Sethi, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Manipal Singh Atwal, DAG, Punjab.

Mr. Chandra Uday Singh, Advocate, for the complainant.

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.17 dated 30.05.2025, registered under Sections 7 and 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988, as amended by the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 and Sections 61(2) of BNS, 2023, at Police Station Vigilance Bureau F.S-I, Punjab at Mohali, District SAS Nagar.

2. Learned counsel contends that the petitioner has been in custody for about 5 months. He alleges false implication. He is a Chartered Accountant and has no concern with the demand, which was allegedly made by Ravinder Kumar Sharma, Assistant Commissioner, CGST, Jalandhar, with regard to the deal of blacklisting the firm of the complainant. The said co-accused was joined i