The district court in Chandigarh has rejected the bail plea of Manoj Pandey, who is implicated in a 2021 case involving alleged land grabbing, forgery, and extortion linked to a dispute over ancestral property in Bihar, India. Judicial Magistrate Navneet Kaur made the ruling on May 6, emphasizing the serious nature of the allegations, which include multiple charges under the Indian Penal Code such as extortion, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. The case arose from a complaint by Manish Tiwan, who reported receiving threats demanding he relinquish his ancestral land. The prosecution claims that Pandey is the main conspirator behind a scheme to forge land records and transfer ownership illegally. The defense argued that Pandey was falsely implicated and had not been named in the original FIR, asserting that he had been given a clean chit during earlier investigations. However, the court dismissed these arguments, stating that the allegations were serious and that the investigation was ongoing.