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Chandigarh court denies advocate bail in Rs 10.77 lakh case
A lawyer in India is accused of doing something very wrong.
A woman and her sister gave the lawyer a lot of money — more than ten lakh rupees.
They gave him the money because he promised to help get a man out of jail.
The lawyer showed them a paper that looked like a court order, but the paper did not have the official stamp on it.
So the police arrested the lawyer and put him in jail.
The lawyer asked the judge to let him out on bail while his case is going on.
But the judge said no.
The judge was worried the lawyer might try to hide evidence or scare people who saw what happened.
The lawyer even offered to give back some of the money, but the judge said that was not enough.
So the lawyer has to stay in jail until the case is finished.
A Chandigarh court on August 3 dismissed the bail plea of an advocate accused of taking Rs 10.77 lakh to secure bail for a jailed man.
The accused allegedly took Rs 5.77 lakh via online transactions and Rs 5 lakh in cash from Pushpinder Bagga and her sister Jaspreet Kaur.
The court cited fair chances of the accused tampering with evidence and influencing prosecution witnesses as grounds for denial.
The court rejected the offer to deposit back Rs 5.77 lakh, noting the alleged total amount involved was Rs 10.77 lakh.
Baljit Singh, for whom bail was allegedly promised, has been in Burail Jail since 2024 in a case under UAPA and the Arms Act.
- Who
- Additional Sessions Judge Amit Kumar Grover, the accused advocate, complainants Pushpinder Bagga and Jaspreet Kaur, and jailed UAPA-accused Baljit Singh
- What
- A Chandigarh court dismissed the bail plea of an advocate accused of taking Rs 10.77 lakh on the pretext of securing bail for Baljit Singh
- Where
- Chandigarh (FIR at Sector 39 police station; Baljit Singh lodged in Model Jail, Burail)
- When
- Bail plea dismissed on August 3; FIR registered in May; accused arrested on July 7
- Why
- The court cited fair chances of evidence tampering and witness influencing, and noted the full alleged amount was Rs 10.77 lakh
Defence counsel
Prosecution and court
Origin of the money
Defence counsel
The amount received was a mutually settled legal fee for filing a bail application, with no iota of evidence of a forged bail order on record.
Prosecution and court
The accused extracted money by misusing the names of High Court judges and showed a suspicious bail order that bore no official seal.
Risk of releasing the accused
Defence counsel
Bail is a rule and jail is an exception; the accused was falsely implicated and cannot flee from justice, with nothing recovered from him.
Prosecution and court
Being an advocate, the accused has fair chances of tampering with evidence and influencing prosecution witnesses; forensic analysis is still awaited.
Return of Rs 5.77 lakh
Defence counsel
The offer to deposit the online-received amount as a fixed deposit pending trial shows good faith and means no useful purpose is served by jail.
Prosecution and court
Returning part of the money cannot justify bail because the alleged total amount obtained was Rs 10.77 lakh.
Key facts
- Court
- Chandigarh sessions court (Additional Sessions Judge Amit Kumar Grover)
- Accused
- Advocate and law graduate practising at Kalka and Chandigarh district courts
- Alleged amount
- Rs 10.77 lakh (Rs 5.77 lakh online, Rs 5 lakh cash)
- Charges
- Cheating under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS); bribery under Prevention of Corruption Act
- Complainants
- Pushpinder Bagga and sister Jaspreet Kaur
- Key dates
- FIR in May; arrested July 7; bail refused August 3
- Prisoner in question
- Baljit Singh, in Burail Jail since 2024 (UAPA and Arms Act case)
- Recovered devices
- Three mobile phones and one laptop sent for forensic analysis
Quotes
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Kumar Grover
Chandigarh court judge
“The ingredients of offences are not made. The complainant has intentionally and deliberately presented wrong and distorted facts. The applicant/accused has no concern with the allegations levelled against him.”
indianexpress.com
“there are fair chances of accused tampering with the evidence and influencing the prosecution witnesses”
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Sources
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