Of the 14 accused in the National Highway-74 land compensation scam, five were granted bail by the High Court of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. The bail was granted by the single bench of justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari.
The bail applications of 11 of the accused were taken up for hearing by the single bench. After the hearing, collection Amin, Anil Kumar, watchman Ram Samujh, Sant Ram, Peshkar, Sanjay Chauhan and land consolidation officer Amar Singh were granted bail. The advocate for the petitioner informed the court that they had been in jail for about a year now.
It will be recalled that FIR was lodged against the main accused in NH-74 scam, DP Singh and other accused on March 10, 2017 in the Pantnagar police station.
The FIR included reference to charges of financial irregularities in fixation of compensation, tampering in land documents, revenue loss and misuse of Government money.
The accused had been found guilty in the investigation. Earlier, their bail applications had been rejected by the lower court.