IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-13909-2026 Date of decision: 16.04.2026 SOHAN SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Yajur Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG 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.108 dated 09.06.2025 registered under Sections 308(5), 351(2), 61(2), 140(2), 318(4), 111(2), 111(3), 111(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 at Police Station Maqboolpura, District Police Commissionerate, Amritsar.

2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that the petitioner being part of a gang forcibly removed clothes of the complainant namely Jaspal Singh and recorded his video and then forcibly took Rs.18,000/- on the spot and Rs.45,000/- thereafter and got signed an agreement to further pay Rs.3,55,000/- by blackmailing him. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He ar