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The Supreme Court connected Friday (December 19, 2025) refused to entertain a plea of suspended Punjab Police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar seeking enactment of the CBI probe successful 2 FIRs lodged against him successful a disproportionate assets case.
A seat of Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi said the Punjab and Haryana High Court was seized of a akin plea of Mr. Bhullar. The serviceman has challenged the December 4 bid of the precocious tribunal which had denied interim alleviation of enactment connected the CBI proceedings and adjourned his plea for proceeding successful January.
When Mr. Bhullar's counsel sought absorption for deciding connected interim relief, CJI Kant said, "It's better, we don't unfastened our mouths. Don't invitation harsh observations from us." Senior advocator Vikram Chaudhary, appearing for Mr. Bhullar, submitted that the precocious tribunal erred successful adjourning the substance by a period without considering the supplication for interim relief.
He submitted that it was a lawsuit wherever the CBI has wrongly assumed jurisdiction successful usurpation of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, arsenic the State's consent for CBI has already been withdrawn.
"CBI has surreptitiously entered Punjab and circumvented conception 6 of the DSPE Act," helium submitted, adding that the precocious tribunal has not assigned immoderate crushed for not giving interim relief, but saying that it was proceeding the matter.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, said that regular bail has been denied to Mr. Bhullar.
The Bench said it was not inclined to interfere with the proceedings earlier the precocious tribunal and was inclined to disregard the petition. Sensing the temper of the court, advocator Chaudhary said helium wants to retreat the petition and avail the remedy earlier the precocious court.
The apical tribunal disposed of the matter.
On October 16, the CBI arrested Bhullar, on with different person, successful transportation with a corruption lawsuit involving bribery of Rs 8 lakh.
It had claimed to person recovered astir ₹5 crore cash, 1.50 kg of jewellery, documents of immovable properties, keys of 2 luxury vehicles, 22 luxury watches, locker keys, 40 litres of imported liquor, firearms, including a double-barrel gun, a pistol, a revolver, and an airgun, on with ammunition during a raid astatine DIG Bhullar's residence.
He was held from his Mohali bureau pursuing a ailment lodged by a scrap trader from Mandi Gobindgarh successful Fatehgarh Sahib who accused the elder constabulary serviceman of demanding recurring monthly outgo for "settling" a 2023 FIR against him.
He was appointed the DIG (Ropar Range) successful November 2024. The Ropar Range comprises Mohali, Rupnagar and Fatehgarh Sahib districts. He is the lad of erstwhile Punjab Director General of Police M.S. Bhullar.
DIG Bhullar had earlier served successful galore positions. He remained DIG (Patiala Range), associated director, vigilance bureau, and elder superintendent of constabulary successful Jagraon, Mohali and Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Khanna, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur.
He had besides headed a peculiar probe team, probing a 2021 cause lawsuit against Shiromani Akali Dal person Bikram Singh Majithia.
The serviceman was actively progressive successful the Punjab government's anti-drug thrust Yudh Nashian Virudh.
