Overview
- A Tarn Taran magistrate ordered Kanchanpreet Kaur’s release around 4 am after an overnight hearing and found the arrest unjustified.
- The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed an immediate late-night proceeding and placed her in court custody before the local court heard the case.
- Police had arrested her under FIR No. 208 from November 11, adding non-bailable BNS Section 111 on November 27 to a case initially registered against Canada-based Amritpal Singh Bath over an alleged WhatsApp threat to a voter.
- Her counsel said the court struck down the added organised-crime section, while police argued she could intimidate witnesses, tamper with electronic evidence, and had allegedly entered India without proper checks.
- The Election Commission earlier called multiple bypoll FIRs potentially coordinated and suspended senior Tarn Taran officers, as SAD labels the case political vendetta and further challenges proceed in the High Court.