CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has restrained Jarnail Singh Bajwa, the managing director (MD) of real estate company Bajwa Developers Private Limited, from alienating any of his property to any third party. The court has passed the orders considering a large number of FIRs pending for several years in which Bajwa has never been arrested by the police till date.
“Keeping in view the gravity and sensitivity involved in the petition, Jarnail Singh Bajwa who is present in person is directed not to transfer, sell, dispose of, any of the properties detailed in the affidavit dated Sept 20, filed today in court, till further orders,” the HC ordered on Friday.
The HC has also directed Bajwa’s counsel to produce a complete list of his properties, which were not mentioned in the affidavit, by Sept 25.
Shocked over the inaction of Punjab Police in taking action in several old cases, the HC has also recorded, “This court is amazed to see shocking approach of law enforcing agency as one FIR No.328 with Kharar police station, dated Oct 2, 2008, is also pending investigation without his arrest i.e. more than 16 years by now for offences under Sections 323, 452, 506, 148, 149 and 120-B of IPC. Apart from that in FIR No. 87, dated July 25, 2017, and FIR No. 178, dated Aug 18, 2017, with Kharar city police station, his arrest is awaited for seven years.”
The court has also mentioned about other cases, including 20 FIRs in Mohali in which 16 were registered at NRI police station. Another FIR is registered with Singh Bhagwantpura police station, Rupnagar, dated April 6, 2019, under Sections 406, 420, 365, 382, 506, 34 IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act. In this case also, status reflects he has not been arrested till date. In yet another FIR No.28, dated July 17, 2019, police station State Crime BOI, Mohali, against Bajwa is pending investigation in which arrest is pending for the last five years. In total five such cases came to light where the arrest of Bajwa is yet to be affected.In its orders, Justice Sandeep Maudgil has also recorded that Bajwa has not furnished complete details of moveable assets. To this, his counsel requested for some time.
The matter is pending before the high court in the wake of a petition filed by Kuldeepak Mittal alleging that the Punjab Police has not arrested Bajwa despite the fact that his bail has been cancelled by the high court in Oct last year.
Following the reprimand by the HC, the police had arrested Bajwa last month.
