Bains brothers get bail after HC interventio

LUDHIANA: The court of District Session Judge Ludhiana Justice Gurnam Singh today granted bail to Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains, both MLAs arrested by police on April 17 for launching Satyagrah against sand mafia. Punjab and Haryana High Court had yesterday directed the Ludhiana court to accept bail bonds of Bains brothers.Karamjeet Singh Bains a brotherr of MLAs had moved the High Court alleging that Balwinder Singh was not being produced before the court since April 17 and the Magistrate too had refused to accept his bail bonds and had fixed April 30 as the next date. He had claimed that the detention was illegal, unjust, contrary to the procedure prescribed by law and against the principles of natural justice.High court had yesterday directed the district session court to accept the bail bonds.
An FIR was registered on April 17 at Mehram police station in Ludhiana for wrongful restraint, assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, theft, criminal conspiracy and other offences under Sections 341, 353, 186, 379, 427, 109, 120-B, 114, 188 of the IPC. The Bains brotghers had formed ‘Team Insaaf’ to fight against sand mafia in Punjab.