Court issues notice to CBI on anticipatory bail pleas of Inspector, SI

A court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the anticipatory bail applications filed by Inspector Ram Rattan and Sub-Inspector Satyawan in a case registered by the agency in 2024.

The CBI had registered the case alleging that the accused interfered with evidence during the investigation of a sexual harassment case to help an accused.

The case was registered under Sections 120-B read with 167, 193, 201, 204 and 218 of the IPC, along with Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).

According to the CBI, then SHO of the Industrial Area police station, Inspector Ram Rattan, and Sub-Inspector Satyawan allegedly replaced an iPhone 12 with an iPhone 7 belonging to a former company executive to allegedly help him in the case, in which he was accused of sexually harassing a woman.

Harish Bhardwaj, counsel for the accused police officers, said they had been falsely implicated in the case. The CBI had already filed the chargesheet against the accused in January 2026.

The court has issued notices to the CBI, directing it to file its reply by August 11.