Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Accused inspector approaches HC for anticipato­ry bail

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com ■

THE ACCUSED MOVED THE PETITION AFTER THE SIT TEAM PROBING THE CASES SUMMONED THE THREE COPS TO APPEAR BEFORE IT ON JANUARY 29 IN CHANDIGARH BUT THEY FAILED TO TURN UP

FARIDKOT:: Punjab Police inspector Pardeep Singh, accused in the Behbal Kalan firing case, on Tuesday applied for anticipato­ry bail in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The court will hear the matter on Wednesday.

On February 2, the Faridkot district and sessions court had dismissed the bail applicatio­n of then Fazilka superinten­dent of police (SP detective) Bikramjit Singh, and sub-inspector Amarjit Singh Kular, the then Bajakhana station house officer (SHO) besides inspector Pardeep, who was reader to then Moga SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma, in the case.

They moved the petition after the special investigat­ion team (SIT) of the Punjab Police probing the police firing cases summoned the three to appear before it on January 29 in Chandigarh but they failed to turn up.

Charanjit Sharma, also named as an accused in the case, was arrested by SIT from his Hoshiarpur residence on January 27.

Sources privy to the developmen­t said Bikramjit and SI Amarjit Singh have not filed bail applicatio­n yet.

In August last year, the names of the four were added to the FIR (first informatio­n report) registered in October 21, 2015, under Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (acts did by several persons in furtheranc­e of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act at the Bajakhana police station in Faridkot following direction of chief minister Amarinder Singh.

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