IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 09.03.2026 MAKHAN SINGH ......PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Ms. Harpreet Maini, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Eklavya Darshi, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

1. This petition for bail is the first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This petition has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.193 dated 13.08.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 308(2), 351(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Police Station City Kotkapura, District Faridkot.

2. Briefly stating the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being at the instance of Jatinder Kumar Chawla, hereinafter being referred to as complainant only. It was stated by the complainant that he was running a Computer Centre in the name of ‘Kelsey Computer Center’.

According to complainant on 16.07.2025 at about 03:52 PM, he received a whatsapp call from mobile No.97793-79126 and the caller identified himself as Neeraj Chaska. It has been alle