The prosecution has pressed grievous hurt and wrongful restraint charges, among others, against four Punjab Police officials.

Col Pushpinder Singh Bath case: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against four Punjab cops in the Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath assault case in the Mohali court on Wednesday.

The prosecution has pressed grievous hurt and wrongful restraint charges, among others, against four Punjab Police officials.

According to the chargesheet, Inspector Ronnie Singh is the main accused in the case. The attempt to murder charge does not find mention in the chargesheet.

The Patiala Police had earlier registered an FIR against four inspectors, including Harry Boparai, Ronnie Singh, and Harjinder Dhillon, under Sections 109 (attempt to murder), 310, 155(2), 117(2) (both related to voluntarily causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Later, another inspector was nominated uñder Sections 299 and 191 of the BNS.

The alleged incident occurred on the intervening night of March 13 and 14, when Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son were at a roadside eatery near Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala. The family claimed that while they were standing outside their car and eating, some police officers in civilian clothes approached them and asked the Colonel to move his vehicle so they could park theirs.

Later, over a dozen police personnel allegedly attacked the Colonel and his son using rods and sticks, leaving them severely injured.

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