AVTAR SINGH @ AVTAR SINGH MAHEY vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-34216-2026 1 208 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-34216-2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 AVTAR SINGH @ AVTAR SINGH MAHEY ...Petitioner Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Arun Takhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab. Ms. Simran Atwal, Advocate for the complainant. VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present first petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 Cr.P.C.), seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 0075 dated 06.04.2026, registered under Sections 305, 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Sections 284, 420, 465, 468, 467, 471 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), at Police Station City, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr), during the pendency of trial. 2. As per the prosecution case, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of Makhan Singh, who alleged that the petitioner had dishonestly stolen/misappropriated his cheque book and, by forging and fabricating the signatur