The probe into two FIRs is being conducted by a special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police. These pertained to alleged sacrilege incidents reported on October 20, 2015, (FIR 161) in Dayalpura in Bathinda and November 4, 2015, (FIR 79) incident in Samalsar in Moga.
The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that courts can order release of an accused of money laundering under police custody without fulfilling twin conditions as mandated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Earlier in the day, district and sessions judge Munish Singal, deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, Khanna SSP Amneet Kondal welcomed Sandhawalia on his arrival in Samrala
While dealing with such a case, the high court bench of justice Anoop Chitkara observed that this (sextortion) cannot be allowed to go on as it would unravel chaos in the system and amount to ridiculing a serious crime like sexual assault, turning it into something frivolous, which can never be the intention of the makers of law.