The further district and periods court docket has dismissed the bail plea of ​​Arjun Kansal, one of many key accused within the 2017 shamlat land rip-off at Seonk village in Mohali district’s Majri block.

Kansal, a former sarpanch of Kansal village, is going through prices of taking 1 crore bribe within the multi-crore rip-off and has been on interim bail since March 2021.

While dismissing the bail, particular decide (obligation) Parminder Singh Grewal noticed that the custodial interrogation of the accused was required to establish the alleged mode and method of the alleged offence and to additional set up as to which officer was paid the bribe quantity of 1 crore to get favorable order from the income court docket involved with respect to the switch of the shamlat land to the village proprietors.

“The custodial interrogation of the petitioner is also required to recover 1 crore, which was allegedly paid by the complainant, Ramesh Kumar Saini, for the aforesaid purpose,” the court docket noticed.

The Punjab vigilance bureau has already filed a chargesheet towards Zirakpur naib tehsildar Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot and 10 others for unlawful mutation of 1,295 acres of village widespread land in Seonk and fraudulently promoting it off in connivance with subordinate income officers and personal people.

The accused, together with parwari Iqbal Singh and kanungo Raghbir Singh, had illegally modified the possession of the land, naming individuals who weren’t even residents of Seonk village, whereas depriving precise beneficiaries of their share.

During investigation into the rip-off, the bureau additionally discovered Kansal accepted a bribe of 1 crore from one Ramesh Kumar Saini for getting an order in favor of Seonk residents with respect to the shamlat land, following which Kansal was named as accused within the case.

The accused are going through trial underneath Sections 7 (offence regarding public servant being bribed) and 7A (taking undue benefit to affect public servant by corrupt or unlawful means or by train of non-public affect) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, in addition to Sections 409 ( felony breach of belief by public servant), 420 (dishonest), 465 (forgery), 466 (forgery of document of court docket or of public register), 467 (forgery of priceless safety), 471 (fraudulently or dishonestly makes use of as real paperwork) and 120-B (felony conspiracy ) of the Indian Penal Code.