Summary:
The court acquitted the then Jalandhar district and sessions judge R M Gupta, who was also an accused in the case. Bhardwaj’s name has also cropped up in this Haryana Civil Services (HCS) (judicial) recruitment scam when the challan was filed before the court. Gupta, who had granted the bail a day before, was arrested the same day based on Bhardwaj’s statement. Charges against Bhardwaj were framed under Section 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Bhardwaj, however, escaped from the CBI custody the same night and later surrendered..