NAKODAR
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will continue hearing on Saturday the petition for registering a criminal case under section 302/307/34 IPC against the DM/SSP/SP (Operations)of Jalandhar in connection with the Nakodar police firing.
A bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan said in his order that on request of learned State counsel, list on 7th October 2023.
During the last hearing on September 14, the state council sought time to file the latest status report.
A criminal petition was filed by Baldev Singh of village Littran, district Jalandhar, (presently with dual citizenship of India and Canada) in 2019 seeking the setting up of an SIT (Special Investigation Team), preferably of CBI, for an investigation into the killing of four young persons, including Ravinder Singh (son of the petitioner), after registering an FIR under Sections 302/307/34( IPC against the then Jalandhar district magistrate ( DM) (Darbara Singh Guru) the then Jalandhar Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) (Mohd Izhar Alam), and then Superintendent of police (SP) (Operations) (Ashwani Kumar Sharma,)