Court allows CBI to take handwriting samples of suspended Chandigarh Police inspector

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 3

Dr Sushil Kumar Garg, Special Judge, CBI court, Chandigarh, today allowed the CBI to take the handwriting samples of suspended inspector of the Chandigarh Police, Jaswinder Kaur, and Bhagwan Singh in a bribery case.

Jaswinder Kaur is currently lodged at Model Jail, Burail. The court issued the direction after both accused gave their consent for taking samples.

Public prosecutor KP Singh had earlier moved the application before the court on behalf of the CBI to allow the agency to take specimen of handwriting samples of the accused. The court, in the order, directed DSP Seema Pahuja, CBI, to visit Model Jail, along with one subordinate and two independent witnesses, on September 4 to obtain the specimen of signature of Jaswinder Kaur.

The court further directed the CBI to also take specimen signature of Bhagwan Singh, who is on bail. His samples are to be taken in the office of the CBI (ACB), Chandigarh, in the presence of two independent witnesses.

Jaswinder Kaur was booked by the CBI for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs5 lakh from a Mani Majra resident, Gurdeep Singh, in lieu of not registering a cheating case against him. An FIR was registered against accused Jaswinder Kaur and Bhagwan Singh, a private person, at the behest of Gurdeep Singh under various sections of the PC Act, 1988. After the CBI laid a trap, Bhagwan Singh was caught red-handed while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs1 lakh on behalf of suspended Station House Officer Jaswinder Kaur.