Corruption charges framed against former judge Nirmal Yadav

The court has also framed charges against other accused including Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh Bhasin, former Additional Advocate General of Haryana Sanjeev Bansal and city-based businessman Rajiv Gupta under section 120 B of IPC read with section 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act.  

The fifth accused Nirmal Singh along with Sanjeev Bansal and Rajiv Gupta have been slapped with charges under section 120 B of IPC read with various sections of the IPC including 193 (punishment for false evidence) and 192 (makes any false entry in any record), said Gupta.

The court has asked six prosecution witnesess including constable Gurminder Singh, who was posted at residence of Judge Nirmaljit Kaur, complainant Amrik Singh who was peon at the Judge's house, Sub Inspector Joginder Singh, SHO Ramesh Chander Sharma, Head Constable Bahadur Singh and HC Satyabir Sharma, to appear for examination on February 15.  

The cash-at-judge's door scam had hit headlines after a packet containing Rs 15 lakh was allegedly wrongly delivered at the residence of Nirmaljit Kaur, who was also a High Court judge, on August 13, 2008.