IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 23.04.2026 Jaswinder Singh @ Kala ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, 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.06 dated 17.02.2023 registered under Sections 302, 379 and 34 of IPC and Sections 4(1) and 21(1) of Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, at Police Station Handesra, District SAS Nagar.

2. Brief facts of the present case are that the petitioner along with other accused murdered one Gurcharan Singh (father of the complainant).

Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the death of the deceased. He argued that the petitioner was roped in the FIR only on the basis of suspicion without any concrete evidence. He further argued that if the contents of the