Chandigarh, Sept. 14 -- Pending for years together, the Punjab Police have completed investigations and filed final reports in a whopping 50,000 cases in the past eight months.

The figures have been revealed in the fresh status report submitted by the state police following a high court order in a case of bail plea moved by an accused in a 2021 case who claimed 'inordinate delay' in the police probe.

The data further reveals that the number of FIRs pending investigation was reported at 76,000 in December 2024 and has now come down to 25,000.

It was in December 2024, while hearing of a bail plea, that the high court bench had noticed multiple instances wherein accused persons were seeking bail on the ground that the investigation had no...