IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1. CRA-D No.140-DB of 2008 (O&M)

RAJINDER PAL ANAND .....Appellant VERSUS CBI (STATE) .....Respondent

2. CRA-D No.137-DB of 2008 (O&M)

VINOD KUMAR .....Appellant VERSUS CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION .....Respondent

3. CRA-S No.107-SB of 2008 (O&M)

JASDEV SINGH .....Appellant VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .....Respondent

4. CRA-D No.132-DB of 2008 (O&M)

CONSTABLE MOHINDER SINGH .....Appellant VERSUS CBI (STATE) .....Respondent

5. CRA-D No.87-DB of 2008 (O&M)

DARSHAN SINGH .....Appellant VERSUS CBI (STATE) .....Respondent Reserved on: August 5^th, 2025.

Pronounced on: September 15, 2025.

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL Argued by: Mr. Vinod Ghai, Senior Advocate with Arnav Ghai and Mr. Dhruv Trehan, Advocates for the appellant (in CRA-D-140-DB-2008).

Mr. Naresh Gopal Sharma, Advocate for the appellant (in CRA-D-107 and 137-DB-2008). Mr. Ghulam Nabi Malik, Advocate for the appellant (in CRA-132-DB-2008).

Mr. Randeep Singh Waraich, Advocate with Ms. Pawandeep Kaur, Advocate for the appellant (in CRA-D-87-DB-2008).

Mr. Prateek Gupta, Advocate for CBI.

Mr. Amit Rana, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

H.S. GR