P&H: Rejects Pre-Arrest Bail Plea in Jewellery Misappropriation Case, Cites Need for Custodial Interrogation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused anticipatory bail to Gagandeep Singh in a case involving alleged misappropriation of ancestral gold jewellery. Justice Surya Partap Singh said the petition did not merit relief in view of the facts and circumstances of the case.
The complaint was filed by Raj Bala, who said she had handed over 32 tolas of ancestral gold to a jewellery shop, Jewellery House, for making modern-design ornaments. She alleged that the partner who received the jewellery delayed its return and later died. She then claimed that Gagandeep Singh, another partner of the firm, took over...