Chandigarh, Jan. 10 -- Denied bail by the trial court, suspended Punjab Police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar has now moved the Punjab and Haryana high court for bail in the corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 16 last year.

On January 2, the trial court in Chandigarh had rejected his bail plea observing that the case was an alarming economic offence.

In his fresh plea filed on Friday, Bhullar stated that the investigation had concluded and the challan was presented by CBI on January 3, thereby rendering further custodial interrogation "wholly unnecessary". The plea is likely to be taken up for hearing next week.

It was further argued that the prosecution proposed to examine predominantly offi...