JAGPAL SINGH ALIAS PALA vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER

249 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-12026-2026 Date of decision: 12.05.2026 JAGPAL SINGH ALIAS PALA ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. Bhanu Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.S. Malwai, Addl. A.G., Punjab. **** SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (ORAL) 1. By way of the present petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in case bearing FIR No.240 dated 16.12.2025 registered under Sections 308(4), 351(3) and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) at Police Station Sardulgarh, Mansa, Punjab. 2. In the present case, allegations against the petitioner are that he, along with other co-accused, made extortion and death threat calls to complainant, demanded ₹25 lakh for purchasing weapons in the name of the “Bishnoi gang” and threatened to kill the complainant and his family if the money was not paid and instructed him to come to Ratia, Fatehabad for delivery of the amount. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed for grant of regular bail to the petitioner on the following grounds: i. The petiti