Sidhu Moosewala case: Court grants interim bail to five accused on certain conditions
Sangrur, May 27, 2020: A local court granted interim bail to four cops, man facing an FIR under Arms Act along with Punjab Singer Sidhu Moosewala.
On May 4, after a video showing the singer shooting at a firing range in Badbar of Barnala district, went viral on the social media, the Dhanauala police, on the directions of Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta, had registered a case under sections 188 of the IPC and Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act against Moosewala and the five policemen.
Later on, another FIR was also registered against all under the same sections at Dhuri Sadar police station on May 5 after another video showing Moosewala firing from his private pistol at Laddai Kothi shooting range surfaced. On May 17 police added Sections 25 and 30 of the Arms Act 1959 to both FIRs registered against Moosewala and others.
The next date of hearing has been fixed as June 9 and meantime directed all five – Constables Harwinder Singh and Jasveer Singh, Head constable Gurjinder Singh and ASI Balkar Singh - to join police investigation, said Advocate Sumir Fatta, the counsel of all four cops. Apart from four, the court has also granted interim bail to shooting player Jungsher Singh.
While granting interim bail, the Addl. Sessions Judge Sangrur in his orders has put certain conditions - That the applicant will make himself available in the investigation of the case, as and when required; that the applicant will not tamper with the prosecution evidence and that the applicant will not leave the country without prior permission of the court.