HC reserves order on filing of challan by new SIT on Bargari derogatory poster case
Bargari derogatory poster case: On restraining from filing a challan in the FIR registered at Police Station Baja Khana (Faridkot) over alleged posters containing derogatory remarks about Guru Granth Sahib, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has reserved its order on Thursday.
In an application filed on behalf of Sukhwinder Sunny, it has been said that he was accused of putting up provocative posters during the demonstration in Kotkapura after the sacrilege incident in Bargari. It was investigated by the SIT and the CBI has written samples of the poster and its writing.
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CSFL's investigation has been done where the poster and its writing did not match. However, the new SIT is talking about matching his writing again while the CFSL report is already in the file.
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Sunny's lawyer RK Handa cited two such cases of the Supreme Court in which the top court had refused to conduct the CFSL investigation again.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has also accepted the matter of giving orders to both the parties with the signature of the special secretary.
