HC judge hearing Punjab ex-DGP’s bail plea recuses

The case against ex-DGP pertains to the abduction of Balwant Singh Multani, a Mohali resident, in 1991, which is being probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) based on a fresh FIR registered in May this year at Mataur police station, Mohali.

Hearing the matter through video conferencing, the bench of Justice Sehgal on Friday ordered that it “be placed before some other bench after obtaining appropriate orders from the Chief Justice”.

In his anticipatory bail application, Saini submitted that Mohali Additional Sessions Judge Monika Goyal had initially granted him bail, but after the addition of murder offence under Section 302 of the IPC, the same was rejected.

Saini is unlikely to get respite for the next two days, with the High Court closed for the weekend.

Another petition of Saini’s — seeking transfer of the case against him to the CBI or any independent agency outside Punjab — in High Court, is scheduled for hearing on September 7.