P&H: Denies Anticipatory Bail in Sugar Mill Fraud Case Involving Alleged ₹1.26 Crore Loss
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused anticipatory bail to Bikramjit Singh, who is accused of making fictitious vehicle entries in the records of Rana Sugar Mill in Amritsar district. Justice Sumeet Goel held that the allegations and the need for effective investigation did not justify granting pre-arrest bail.
The case arose from an audit of the mill’s records. According to the prosecution, an initial check found entries for trucks that were not present in the dump yard. A subsequent audit allegedly identified 116 fictitious entries, causing an estimated loss of about ₹1.26 crore. Singh, who worked at the...