Latest News : Supreme Court grants absolute protection to Chahal
CHANDIGARH, January 25(wishavwarta) The Supreme Court of India on Friday granted absolute protection to Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, a former Adviser to former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, from arrest.
The court had on November 11, 2024, passed an interim order protecting Chahal from arrest till the pendency of his petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order dismissing his anticipatory bail application.
The SC Bench on Friday made its interim order absolute and disposed of Chahal’s petition.
“We consider appropriate to make the order dated November 11, 2024, absolute, provided the petitioner cooperates during investigation and trial,” a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said.
The order came after senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi and Siddharth Luthra submitted that Chahal was suffering from various ailments and that he was ready to cooperate with the investigation.
Chahal had maintained that it was a “politically motivated” case, contending that the High Court’s order of October 4 was based on “wholly untenable grounds”.
Chahal served as an adviser to the former Punjab Chief Minister from April 1, 2017, to August 31, 2021.
The disproportionate assets FIR was lodged against him on August 2, 2023, under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act within two years of his demitting the office.
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