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2015 Kotkapura firing case: Badals submit bail bonds in Faridkot court
The court supplied copies of the chargesheet filed by the ADGP LK Yadav-led special investigation team (SIT) to the accused
Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday submitted bail bonds of ₹5 lakh each that were accepted by the Faridkot court in the 2015 Kotkapura firing case.
The court supplied the copies of the chargesheet filed by the ADGP LK Yadav-led special investigation team (SIT) to the accused.
Also read: Kotkapura police firing case: HC grants anticipatory bail to Sukhbir
While former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sukhminder Singh Mann appeared before the court, four other former police officers, namely former director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, suspended inspector general Paramraj Singh Umranangal, former deputy inspector general of police Amar Singh Chahal and former SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma, did not show up.
The development came two days after the Punjab and Haryana high court granted anticipatory bail to Sukhbir till May 30 in the case. A bench of justice Raj Mohan Singh had on Tuesday asked Sukhbir to appear before the trial court and submit the bail bond within 15 days.
Sukhbir had moved the high court after the Faridkot court initially dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. The local court had, however, granted bail to his father Parkash Singh Badal, who was the then chief minister.
The 7,000-page chargesheet submitted by the SIT last month described Sukhbir, who also held the home portfolio, and Saini as “masterminds of the conspiracy to use illegal excessive force to hide the state’s inaction” on three sacrilege incidents in Faridkot district in 2015. The former CM was accused of facilitating the accused in executing the conspiracy.
