The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail application of former Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh, who was in the news during the January terror attack at the Pathankot airbase.
Salwinder’s plea was rejected in a case of alleged sexual harassment and corruption.
The bail plea of Salwinder has been rejected by Justice M.M.S. Bedi, said complainant’s counsel Rajesh Kapila.
The case was filed by an accused in a rape case, alleging that Salwinder had sexually harassed his wife and demanded Rs.50,000 for dropping the case against him.
The counsel said the bail plea was rejected by the court on various grounds, including that Salwinder could tamper with the investigation.
On August 22, the High Court had given Salwinder relief by restraining the Punjab Police from arresting him in the case.
He is at present posted as Assistant Commandant of the 75th Battalion of the Punjab Armed Police.
Salwinder was earlier refused bail by a court in Gurdaspur, following which he had moved the High Court.
The complaint was made by the woman’s husband during Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s Sangat Darshan programme.
Salwinder was booked by the Punjab Police on August 3.
The former Gurdaspur SP had been in the headlines during and in the aftermath of the Pathankot attack for claiming that he was abducted by the terrorists.. - PTI
