Patiala police give clean chit to judge in gold theft case

The Patiala police have filed a cancellation report in a case registered against Civil Judge (Junior Division) Bikramdeep Singh for allegedly committing theft at the residence of another judge last year.

As per the case registered at the Lahori Gate police station on March 21, Bikramdeep Singh and others had been accused of allegedly stealing gold jewellery from the residence of Additional District & Sessions Judge Kanwaljit Singh on the night he died at a hospital last year. Earlier this month, a local court denied anticipatory bail to judge Bikramdeep Singh. Since then, he has been on leave till April 24.

Lahori Gate SHO Randeep Singh said the investigating officer filed the cancellation report in the court on Monday. “The complainant gave a supplementary statement that the matter has been sorted out. He said no theft took place and missing articles have been recovered from the house only,” the SHO said.

The cancellation report was placed before Judicial Magistrate First Class Prabha Prashar on Monday. The court has listed it for Friday. The police had registered the criminal case on the complaint of Dr Bhupinder Singh Virk, who was given power of attorney by the deceased judge’s son. Bikramdeep had denied the allegations, stating that he had been asked by Kanwaljit Singh’s son Angadpal Singh, who was then in Canada, to secure the valuables. Bikramdeep claimed that he returned the valuables when Angadpal stayed at his house.