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DISTRICT COURTS
3-month RI in theft case
Our Correspondent
Chandigarh, July 3
An accused arrested by the UT police in a case of trespassing and theft was today sentenced to three-month rigorous imprisonment by a local court. The accused, Vinod Kumar, was sentenced by the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr Ajay Singal. It was alleged that the accused had stolen Rs 600 and some clothes from a house in Colony No 4. But later the accused was caught by the mob and handed over to the police. The police had registered a case against the accused under Sections 457 and 380, IPC, on June 18, 2001.
Bail granted
An employee of the Government Medical College and Hospital(GMCH), Rajesh Kumar Sharma, who had been arrested by the UT Vigilance department for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and for submitting a false affidavit giving information to get allotment of government accommodation in the city, was today granted bail by a local court. He was granted bail on the furnishing a bail bond for Rs 25, 000. As per the FIR, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, who was working as a clerk in the GMCH, had invested about Rs 8 lakh in purchasing a house in the city and invested Rs 3, 47, 000 — Rs 2, 29, 000 in his name and Rs 1, 18, 000 his wife name in the banks. He was booked by the Vigilance Department under Section 420, IPC, and 13(1)(E) and 13(2), Prevention of Corruption Act. It was further stated in the FIR that in order to get the government house, the accused had submitted an affidavit giving false information that neither he nor his family members did possess any house in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. But the fact that he owned a house in Sector 30.
Beant Singh
case
The statement of the two witnesses, Mr Tilak Raj, Senior Scientific Officer(CFSL)and Dr Rajinder Singh, Principal Scientific Officer(CFSL), New Delhi, was recorded before the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S Bhalla, in the special court in the Model Burail Jail. Mr Tilak Raj said that he had worked as independent handwriting expert from June 15, 1968, to February, 1971, in Forensic Lab. Mr Tilak Raj informed the court that he had analysed the handwriting of one of the accused, Lakhwinder Singh, allegedly involved in the assassination case. The defence counsel raised an objection that the documents related to Lakhwinder Singh, hand writing had not been supplied to him by the CBI. Thereafter, the court directed Mr Tilak Raj to again appear before the court to record his statement and the CBI counsel was directed to supply the copy of the documents of the defence counsel. Thereafter Dr Rajinder Sharma, made a statement before the Judge that he had examined the battery used in the bomb blast that took place on August 31, 1995. He informed the court that after getting directions from the Director of the CFSL lab he along with the CBI officials and UT police personnel had visited the site of the bomb blast and collected the battery. But Dr Rajinder could not
identify his signature on the sealed material collected from the spot.
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