10-yr-old Case against Sukhbir
Saturday, 22/09/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120922/punjab.htm#10
Faridkot, : In a 10-year-old attempt to murder case against Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and others, the court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Faridkot, has issued non-bailable warrants against Naresh Kumar to ensure his appearance before the court for testimony against the accused.
Earlier, the court had issued bailable warrants for September 17 but these failed to procure his presence in the court.
During the 1999 parliamentary elections, Naresh Kumar and his father Bihar Lal Sehgal, Kotkapura residents, had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding registration of a criminal case against Sukhbir Badal and others for allegedly trying to kill them.
Following the High Court orders, a case under Sections 307/382/323/148 and 149 of the IPC was registered at Kotkapura on June 21, 2002. Later on June 30, 2006, four separate cases were registered, including one against the Deputy CM.
As Naresh Kumar expressed apprehensions of an unfair trial, the High Court stayed the proceedings of the trial court in September 2008.
