HC dismisses anticipatory bail plea of inspector Ronnie

The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of cop, Ronnie Singh, who is one of the persons accused of assaulting Col Pushpinder Singh Bath in Patiala in April.

- HT Correspondent

CHANDIGARH:

The high court bench of justice Anoop Chitakra while rejecting the plea, said that documents on record, prima facie, point to his involvement and thus, does not make a case for anticipatory bail. Further, the impact of crime would also not justify anticipatory bail, the bench added.

"There is no doubt that the petitioner and his accomplices were the aggressors who started assaulting the complainant and his son on a parking issue, simply because the manner in which they demanded complainant party's car to be moved was objected to by the latter. Despite the complainant claiming to be a Colonel in the Indian Army, they did not stop and continued to beat him. When one of the victims managed to get inside the car, he was pulled out and thrashed again," the bench said.