SAJAN SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRWP-4021-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-4021-2026 Date of decision: 13.07.2026 SAJAN SINGH ...... PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Nikhil Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH. J. 1. By invoking the jurisdiction vested in this Court by virtue of Article 226 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the following writ petition has been filed praying to:- “a. hold and declare that entire exercise culminating into arrest of the petitioner, by the Investigating Agency, and the subsequent remand proceedings conducted before the VIPIN KUMAR 2026.07.14 20:57 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRWP-4021-2026 -2- learned Judicial Magistrate-cum- Area Magistrate is without jurisdiction, illegal and unconstitutional; b. to set aside and quash the action of arrest of the petitioner and his subsequent incarceration by way of remand order dated 10.02.2026; c. to release the petitioner from custody forthwith.” 2. In nut-shell, the facts emerging from record