Chandigarh, Dec. 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday rejected demand from suspended deputy inspector general (DIG), Ropar range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, arrested by the CBI in a corruption case in October, seeking stay on the investigation in two criminal cases registered by the federal agency.

The order was passed by high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry amid vehement demand from the counsels of Bhullar, who were seeking fixing of hearing of the case for next week while the bench expressed its inability due to heavy roster and posted the matter for hearing in January.

Bhullar, who is in judicial custody, was arrested by the CBI on October 16 for allegedly accepting Rs.5-lakh bribe from a ...