Jerath, lodged in the Burail Jail for over eight months now, was booked by the UT Vigilance Department under the Prevention of Corruption Act, besides under the Indian Penal Code.

While first information report number 1 of 1998 was registered after certain diaries were recovered from the residences of the alleged middlemen during raids by the Income Tax authorities, the other FIRs pertained to the allocation of work in Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital.

Seeking his release on bail, counsel for the former UT chief engineer stated that Jerath was being implicated in the cases, adding that all accused, except Jerath, had been granted bail in the cases. In FIR number 1 of 1998, the counsel stated, 21 out of 37 accused had not even been arrested by the prosecution "inspite of the fact that the role attributed to them was the same as attributed, though wrongly, to the petitioner".

Regarding the allegations in FIR number 2 of 1998, the counsel stated that "main accused -- then executive engineer S.S. Bhatti, then superintending engineer S.C. Katyal, superintendent Kans Raj Saini and draftsman Nand Ram -- had been mentioned as accused, but not arrested". In FIR number 3 of 1998, counsel stated that none of the eight accused had been arrested, while in FIR number 1 of 1999, "all allegations were fully covered in the investigation of FIR number 3 of 1998", the counsel added.

CBI to probe into Komal Narwal kidnapping case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today entrusted further investigations into the alleged kidnapping of Sanjay Narwal and Geeta Narwal's daughter, Komal Narwal, to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The orders were passed by Justice T.H.B. Chalapathi.

Taking up another related application, Justice Chalapathi also permitted the Union of India to withdraw the Central Reserve Police Force, "providing security at Kurukshetra to the family of Geeta Narwal". Pronouncing the orders, Justice Chalapathi further asked Haryana Deputy Inspector General of Police to take necessary steps for providing appropriate security to the immediate family of Geeta Narwal.

Haryana IGP L.D. Narwal's son, Sanjay Narwal is currently facing charges of murdering his wife Geeta. He had allegedly poisoned her on November 5, 1997 in a Sector 22 motel. She, according to the prosecution, had died the same day at the Sector 16 General Hospital. The two reportedly had strained relations.