Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the arrest of Om Prakash Jain, MlA Panipat Rural and Zile Ram Sharma, MlA Assandh, both accused in abetment to suicide case of former Sarpanch of Kambopura village till September 10.
Justice Daya Chaudhury passed the judgment while deciding upon the anticipatory bail plea of the accused and directed them to be present in person in the court on September 10. The special CBI court, Panchkula had rejected Jain’s bail petition on August 21 and issued a non-bailable warrant against him and Sharma on August 30 after which both the accused went into hiding.
Karam Singh, 60, was found dead on June 7, 2011, at Karnal. An FIR was registered on the same day under various sections of the Indian Penal Code at the civil lines police station, Karnal. later, the special investigating team (SIT) had ruled out murder, declaring that it was a case of suicide.
Jain is one of the seven independent MlAs who helped the Congress to form government in Haryana in 2009. Sharma was among five Haryana Janhit Congress MlAs who joined the Congress after the election results were declared. Jain was later inducted as state transport minister and Sharma as chief parliamentary secretary. Both resigned from their respective posts on June 9, 2011, following protests by Karam Singh’s family.