Mohali court denies bail to former DSP Gursher Sandhu

A local court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gursher Singh Sandhu who was booked in October last year for forgery and graft after allegedly misusing his position to gain monetary benefits in land deals in Mohali.

- HT Correspondent

MOHALI:

Sandhu had submitted his bail application on Friday, three months after he was booked after a departmental inquiry.

After Punjab Police submitted their reply on Wednesday, opposing bail to Sandhu, the court of additional district and sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra denied him bail.

Complying with a Punjab and Haryana high court order, dated July 18, 2024, on the petition of one Baljinder Singh of Mohali to protect his life and liberty from DSP Sandhu, the Punjab director general of police (DGP) had marked a probe to Rupnagar Range deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Nilambari Vijay Jagdale.

She had further marked the probe to the Rupnagar superintendent of police (SP, Investigation).

The DIG in her probe had found that the allegations made by the petitioner were substantiated with evidence, and the act and conduct of DSP Sandhu, who was posted at Special Cell, Mohali, entailed criminal liability for which a criminal case/FIR was liable to be registered, and investigated for forgery and connected offences.