CHANDIGARH, Punjab—On July 13, five sacrilege culprits namely Jatindervir, Rajbir, Sukhwinder, Kuldeep and Baljeet, who were arrested along with Mohinder Pal Bittu in June last year, got released from the Nabha jail after securing bail from the Punjab & Haryana High Court. However, one of their companion Mohinder Kumar is still confined in the new premises of Nabha jail.
It is pertinent to note here that all these sacrilege culprits were arrested by the Special Investigation Team headed by DIG Ranbir Singh Khatra in June last year.
All these sacrilege culprits had approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court for bail while claiming their innocence.
During the court proceedings on bail plea on July 13, the Punjab government’s counsel Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala requested the court for not granting bail to these sacrilege culprits as they were facing charges in an extremely sensitive case. But the Court didn’t agree with his arguments.
Granting bail to all these five sacrilege culprits, the High Court bench headed by Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan said that the Punjab government can request for cancellation of bail given these sacrilege culprits if it finds sufficient evidences proving the involvement of these persons in the concerned sacrilege incidents.
