Supreme Court reserves orders in anticipatory bail plea by ex-Punjab DGP
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders in an anticipatory bail plea by former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in the Balwant Singh Multani disappearance case of 1991.
The courtroom had in September given him safety from arrest in the case.
A 3-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved its judgment after an in depth listening to.
The courtroom had earlier questioned the Punjab authorities about its ‘hurry’ to arrest Mr. Saini in a case courting again to 1991.
In 1991, Multani was picked up after an assault on Mr. Saini and three law enforcement officials. The three died and Saini was grievously injured. The police later claimed that Multani had escaped custody and disappeared. However, homicide cost was just lately added to the case after two of the accused policemen in the case turned approvers. An FIR was registered towards Mr. Saini on the idea of a compliant by Multani’s household.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had earlier refused his plea for anticipatory bail.
On Tuesday, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, for Mr. Saini, contended that his consumer was a embellished officer and suffered bullet accidents. He argued that the case towards Mr. Saini was politically motivated.
Mr. Rohatgi mentioned it has been 29 years since Multani had ‘escaped’ from custody. He mentioned Mr. Saini was an SSP on the time of the assault. Multani, however, was a proclaimed offender.
Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, for the Punjab authorities, objected to the plea for bail. He mentioned Mr. Saini was nonetheless an influential individual with energy to intimidate witnesses.
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