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Chandigarh: Murder convict on the run lands in police net
The accused is an advocate and had been convicted for murder in a 1998 case; he was arrested by the proclaimed offender (PO) and summon staff of Chandigarh Police
An advocate convicted for murder was arrested by the proclaimed offender (PO) and summon staff of Chandigarh Police.
Identified as Bahadur Singh, 46, presently staying in Guru Nanak Enclave Badmajra, Kharar, and practicing as an advocate in Mohali district court complex, he was arrested from Mohali.
As per the police records, a case under Sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 452 (house tress pass), 109 (abetting any offence) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector-11 police station in 1998, on the complaint of Bharti, a resident of Sector 15, Chandigarh.
In her dying declaration, Bharti, had told the magistrate that she along with her family had earlier stayed in Sector-16 where she fell in love with her neighbour Bahadur Singh and was impregnated by him. She claimed that later, the accused assaulted her father and also set her ablaze. She had sustained burn injuries and was rushed to Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector-16, where the Chandigarh magistrate recorded her statement.
Bahadur Singh was convicted and awarded life imprisonment along with ₹10,000 fine. He stayed in jail for about five years and was then granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana high court during pendency of his appeal that too was dismissed by high court on December 9, 2019. He was directed to surrender before the court of chief judicial magistrate but he failed to do so. After this, the court on September 2, 2022 issued re-arrest warrant in his name.
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