The Division Bench of Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed all three FIRs lodged by the former Congress government against dismissed IPS GP Singh. On Wednesday, during the hearing of the case, the division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Aggarwal ordered to quash these FIRs considering them as part of malicious action.
High Court quashed all three cases registered against GP Singh considering them malicious
These were the three cases
Disproportionate assets case: The advocate said that GP Singh had no connection with the seized gold.
Case of Extortion: The case, registered years later, was described by the court as being motivated by vendetta.
Treason case: No concrete evidence of conspiracy was found in the case of treason registered on the basis of mutilated papers.
In the disproportionate assets case, the lawyers told the court that the gold claimed to be seized neither belonged to GP Singh nor his family members. Additionally, in the matter of extortion, it was said that this case has been filed out of vendetta after many years, which is suspicious.
At the same time, in the case of treason, it was argued that the mutilated papers recovered from GP Singh’s hideout did not prove any kind of conspiracy. After hearing all the parties, the High Court canceled all three FIRs registered against GP Singh.
This is how the matter went
A case of treason was registered against him on the night of 8 July 2021. The allegation was that GP Singh was plotting to topple the government. On July 9, 2021, GP Singh had filed a petition in the High Court demanding a CBI investigation. After investigation of the case, GP Singh was arrested from Noida on 11 January 2022, after which he got bail in May 2022.
Got relief from CAT also
IPS GP Singh has also got relief from CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal). CAT had resolved all the cases related to IPS GP Singh within four weeks and ordered his reinstatement. GP Singh is a 1994 batch IPS officer and was given compulsory retirement in July 2023 by the Union Home Ministry on the recommendation of the state government.
Action was taken against GP Singh on 5th July
On July 1, the ACB team had conducted a raid on the government bungalow located at Raipur Police Lines. Apart from this, Chhattisgarh ACB had also raided 15 other locations of GP Singh in Rajnandgaon and Odisha. In this action, ACB had claimed to have found undisclosed assets worth Rs 10 crore against GP Singh.
Apart from this, ACB also found many documents in the raid. On the basis of the documents, ACB had registered an FIR in the corruption case. The state government suspended him on July 5, 2021 and filed a case of sedition against him.
The arrest took place on January 11
After investigation of the case, GP Singh was arrested from Noida on 11 January 2022. After this he got bail in May 2022. On the recommendation of the Service Review Committee, on July 21, 2023, the Union Home Ministry gave compulsory retirement to IPS GP Singh.
The state government has sent a proposal for restoration, the Center has challenged
The order to reinstate dismissed IPS GP Singh was given by the Central Administrative Tribunal. In compliance with which the State Government had sent a restoration proposal to the Central Government, but the Central Government has not yet issued orders. An appeal has been made against CAT’s decision in Delhi High Court. Once this is resolved, GP Singh will be reinstated.
