Note ban: SHO, 3 other cops get anticipatory bail

An SHO and three other policemen have been granted anticipatory bail by a Delhi court in a case of alleged siphoning off old currency notes amounting to Rs one crore that were seized from a scrap dealer during demonetisation raids in November last year.

The court granted the relief to the four cops, saying there was no chance of their fleeing from justice as they were in Delhi Police and directed them neither to tamper with evidence nor influence the witnesses in the case. “The applicants are not previous convicts. No other case is pending against them. There is no chance of their fleeing from justice as they are in Delhi Police. They have already joined investigation as stated by the investigating officer. 

“Since, the applicants are apprehending arrest in the matter, the applications moved by them are allowed. It is ordered that in the event of arrest, applicants/accused be released on bail on their furnishing personal bonds in the sum of Rs 10,000 each with one surety of like amount,” Additional Sessions Judge Bimla Kumari said.

The court directed the then SHO of Jahangir Puri Inspector Naresh Chander, and three other policemen — Rajesh, Shri Bhagwan and Suresh Kumar — to join probe as and when directed by the IO and not to flee from justice.