A bench of justices MM Sundresh and Pankaj Mithal said in view of chargesheet being filed in 1991 case of disappearance and murder of junior engineer Balwant Singh Multani, it would not like to interfere with the FIR.
The petition has sought the transfer of the case from the court of Sunena Sharma, special Prevention of Corruption Act judge, to the court of additional district judge Naresh Kumar Laka, who had heard the matter at length on various dates before being transferred to his present roster
SIT-led by ADGP LK Yadav filed the fourth supplementary challan in the court of judicial magistrate, Faridkot, on Monday along with additional evidence including forensic and ballistic reports of weapons used in the incident and documents against the accused. SIT also submitted a fresh list of witnesses
Though Saini is already on regular bail in the case, his fresh application for anticipatory bail came after the special investigation team (SIT) presented another supplementary challan on September 15.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, then DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and five other cops in the 2015 FIR registered in the Kotkapura police firing case