- विज्ञापन -
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Punjab Police Deputy Superintendent Jagdish Singh Bhola. He who has been in jail since 2013 facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
In 2019, a special CBI court in Mohali convicted him in three separate drug cases, sentencing him to a total of 24 years of rigorous imprisonment, with the sentences to run concurrently. He was further convicted in 2024 in a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and received an additional 10-year sentence.
A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel passed the order in a criminal appeal, noting, “More than half the period of sentence of RI five years and two months have undisputedly been suffered by the appellant.” The court also cited the lack of any possibility of the appeal being heard in the near future as a key reason for the grant of bail.
Additionally, the court directed Bhola to undertake community service by planting 100 trees and filing a compliance report within 15 days. Any failure to comply may lead to cancellation of bail, the court warned.
