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Indicted on charges of causing death by driving in rash and negligent manner and misusing his official position in a road accident case,Sub Inspector Jaspal Singh Bhullar has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the report filed against him by the Haryana Police.
A special investigation team (SIT) had held,on March 15,Bhullar guilty of causing death of 21-year-old Gagandeep Singh by driving his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner on June 27,2009.
Bhullar was posted as in-charge of police post-22,at the time of the accident.
In his application,Bhullar has sought reinvestigation of the case. He has alleged that the report prepared by the Haryana Police was vague and that the investigating officer had not looked into several aspects of the investigation.
Showing no faith in the report against him,Bhullar has demanded that a reinvestigation be ordered. Pleading innocence,the police officer has alleged that the investigation was done under pressure.
No notices were issued by the High Court on Tuesday. The application and the main case,filed by father of deceased,will now come up for resumed hearing on July 11.
According to the investigation report prepared by the Haryana police,SI Bhullar was posted as the in-charge of the Sector-22 police post where the accident took place and SI Ram Kishan,who was his immediate junior,was also posted at the same police post. Due to these circumstances,it is evident that Bhullar put undue pressure on Kishan and got an FIR registered against Gagandeep Singh. In the same manner Inspector Kuldeep Singh,in-charge of Special Crime Investigation cell,Sector 24,did not conduct proper investigation. The re-investigation of the case has been concluded on the basis of statements of eyewitness and relevant record on the file during the course of investigation and it has been found that the accident was caused by SI Jaspal Singh by driving his car in a rash and negligent manner.
During the re-investigation on the directions of HC,the statements of the material witnesses and reconstruction of the crime scene were videographed.
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