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Punjab Assembly Speaker granted anticipatory bail in graft case | A local Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) court here on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Punjab Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon in a graft case registered against him and 13 others. Special
CBI Judge Balbir Singh granted bail to Kahlon after bail bond of Rs 50,000 was
furnished. The case was adjourned till August 26. Earlier on Monday, the Punjab
and Haryana High Court had granted Kahlon interim protection from arrest in the
case, and directed him to appear before the special CBI Judge today. The CBI had
on July 9 filed a charge sheet against Kahlon and 13 others in an alleged recruitment
scam during his stint as a minister in the Punjab Government. Those named in the
charge-sheet include Mandeep Singh, IAS, the then director, rural development
and panchayats, Punjab and now director, transport, Punjab besides J S Kesar,
IAS (retired), the then financial commissioner, department of rural development
and panchayats, and Vikas Sharma, private secretary (retired) to the minister.
The case was registered on June 26, 2003 against Kahlon and 13 others on the basis
of a complaint from the then director, rural development and panchayats, Punjab
under sections 120-B, 465, 468, 471 and 201 of Indian Penal Code and section 13(1)(d)
r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It was alleged in the aforesaid
complaint that the minister, in conspiracy with other accused persons indulged
in corruption, cheating and forgery of the records in respect of selection of
909 panchayat secretaries during 1997 to 2002 by abusing their official positions.
These allegations about selection of panchayat secretaries were also part of the
larger case dated June 14, 2002 of Vigilance Bureau, Punjab. |
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