Mohali DSP gets bail in 2021 graft case
A unique CBI courtroom docket has granted bail to deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Amroz Singh, published at crime research department (CID), Mohali, who’s dealing with a graft case from 2021.
Singh`s defence argued that the accused have been in custody due to the fact December 28, 2022, the research in opposition to him stood whole and the challan had additionally been filed. The co-accused, arrested earlier, have been already on bail and the trial, while started, will take time to finish because of the lengthy listing of witnesses to be examined, it turned into contended.
Observing that the accused couldn’t be saved in custody forever, the courtroom docket launched the DSP on bail in opposition to bonds of ₹50,000. Another accused withinside the case, Pardeep, who had acted as a conduit, turned into additionally launched on bail in opposition to bonds of ₹50,000.
The DSP and 3 of his aides, which include Pardeep, have been arrested on December 29, 2022, for allegedly looking for a bribe of ₹50 lakh for now no longer registering a case in 2021.
On March 30, 2021, the complainant, Mohit Sharma, a resident of Sector 50, Chandigarh, and director of Fantasy Gaming Technologies (OPC) Private Limited, had alleged that the accused had sought a ₹50-lakh bribe and 33% stocks in his Ambala-primarily based totally organization in go back for now no longer registering a case in opposition to him.
Subsequently, the 4 accused have been booked below Section 120-B (crook conspiracy) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Chandigarh on April 5, 2021.
