Court Stays Probe In All Cases Against Punjab Ex-Top Cop Till February 2022

Chandigarh:

Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom on Friday stayed the investigations, in reference to a number of circumstances, in opposition to former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini until polls in Punjab that are due in February 2022.

“Contemplating it to be a case of outstanding circumstances and hardship being precipitated to petitioner by State of Punjab (on political grounds), there will be a transparent keep for the arrest of the petitioner in all circumstances, until polls in Punjab is held that are due in Feb 2022 onwards,” additional directed the Excessive Courtroom.

“There shall be a transparent keep for conducting additional investigation in all FIRs pending in opposition to him as makes an attempt are made to arrest him in the help of Sec 120-B IPC as even in earlier FIRs the place such makes an attempt are made and he needed to file repeated petitions earlier than this Courtroom,” the Excessive Courtroom directed.

Earlier, on August 18, Mr Saini was arrested within the land fraud case in Mohali when he went to the Vigilance Bureau (VB) workplace in reference to one other case of disproportionate belongings.

On August 20, the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom ordered the discharge of former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini from the custody of Vigilance Bureau, terming his arrest as “abuse of technique of legislation”.

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