SAURAV DUGGAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-33560-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 307 CRM-M-33560-2026 (O&M) Decided on : 16.07.2026 Saurav Duggal ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arjun Shukla, Mr. Arjun Kaushal, Mr. Abhimanyu Kaushal, and Mr. Ankit Rana, Advocates for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Rangat Joshi and Mr. Dhruv Trehan, Advocates for the complainant. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. This petition is the first petition for bail, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita’, 2023. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.21 dated 17.04.2026, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, hereinafter being referred to as ‘BNS’ and Section 66(D) of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, Police Station State Cyber Crime, District SAS Nagar. 2. The abovementioned FIR has come into being at the instance of ‘Jagdeep Singhal’, hereinafter being referred to as ‘complainant’ only. It was stated by the above-named comp