Drugs case SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia remanded to judicial custody
Chandigarh Feb 24 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody after he surrendered before a court in Mohali in connection with a drugs case complying with the directions of the Supreme Court The trial court in Mohali remanded Majithia to two weeks judicial custody However the Akali leader moved a plea for regular bail which will be taken up before the court on Friday His bail application will be heard tomorrow one of Majithias counsels Arshdeep Singh Kler said The Special Investigation Team SIT probing the case questioned Majithia for nearly 90 minutes in the court complex Speaking to reporters outside before entering the court premises in the morning Majithia said As per orders of the Honble Supreme Court I have appeared before the Mohali court The apex court had recently directed the Punjab Police to not arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli had however directed Majithia to surrender before a trial court after the Punjab assembly polls on February 20 It had also directed the trial court to hear and expeditiously decide Majithias regular bail plea after his surrender in the case The pre-arrest bail plea of Majithia who was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act on December 20 last year was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 24 An appeal had been filed in the apex court Majithia who is the SAD MLA and brother-in-law of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal contested the February 20 polls from the Amritsar East constituency from where Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu is seeking re-election The results will be announced on March 10 PTI SUN VSD AQS AQS
Chandigarh Feb 24 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody after he surrendered before a court in Mohali in connection with a drugs case complying with the directions of the Supreme Court The trial court in Mohali remanded Majithia to two weeks judicial custody However the Akali leader moved a plea for regular bail which will be taken up before the court on Friday His bail application will be heard tomorrow one of Majithias counsels Arshdeep Singh Kler said The Special Investigation Team SIT probing the case questioned Majithia for nearly 90 minutes in the court complex Speaking to reporters outside before entering the court premises in the morning Majithia said As per orders of the Honble Supreme Court I have appeared before the Mohali court The apex court had recently directed the Punjab Police to not arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli had however directed Majithia to surrender before a trial court after the Punjab assembly polls on February 20 It had also directed the trial court to hear and expeditiously decide Majithias regular bail plea after his surrender in the case The pre-arrest bail plea of Majithia who was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act on December 20 last year was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 24 An appeal had been filed in the apex court Majithia who is the SAD MLA and brother-in-law of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal contested the February 20 polls from the Amritsar East constituency from where Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu is seeking re-election The results will be announced on March 10 PTI SUN VSD AQS AQS
