Colonel denied bail, yet again

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 16

Col Manvir Bains, accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, has been denied bail, yet again. Initially booked for murder of Sector 37 resident Parveen Yadav after an incident of road rage, the chargesheet filed in the court did not include the charge of murder.

Having been denied bail by the court once before, the Colonel filed a fresh bail plea after the filing of the chargesheet. It said Yadav was already suffering from a serious heart ailment and as proven in the medical report, he died of natural causes. However, the judgment says a precious life has been lost and mere filing of challan of a lesser offence is no ground for bail.

Without commenting on the merits of the case, the bail plea was dismissed considering the seriousness of the offence. While dismissing the first bail application of Colonel Bains, the court had said he “knew the consequences of his actions”. The prosecution had stated that Colonel Bains had held Yadav’s neck, slapped and punched him after which he collapsed on the spot.

The 48-year-old Mohali resident was arrested on September 2 and booked for murder after Yadav’s family alleged that he had been “beaten to death”. According to the police, the Colonel thrashed Yadav in an incident of road rage on the road separating Sector 34 and 35.