Four cops granted bail in Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath assault case
A CBI court on Friday granted bail to four Punjab Police officials accused in the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath in Patiala.
The accused (Sub-Inspector Ronnie Singh, Harry Boparai, Harjinder Singh Dhillon and Jai Singh) have been directed to furnish bail bonds of Rs 1 lakh each with one surety of the same amount.
The prosecution has invoked charges of grievous hurt and wrongful restraint, among others, against the four police officials. The attempt-to-murder charge was dropped in the chargesheet.
The court directed the accused to remain present on every date of hearing unless exempted for valid reasons. Any exemption application must be duly signed or endorsed by their immediate senior officer, the Senior Superintendent of Police of the district where the accused is posted. The court also observed that more than two consecutive exemption applications during the trial would not be permitted unless found justified.
The alleged incident took place on the intervening night of March 13 and 14, when Colonel Bath and his son were at a roadside eatery near Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.
The next hearing in the case has been fixed for February 16.
