Behbal Kalan & Kotkapura firing cases: Chargesheet naming Badals and Saini

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Last Updated: 23 October 2026

Under AAP Govt, SIT chargesheet names Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and ex-DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in the Kotkapura police firing case (24 Feb 2023)[1]

-- Trials now in Chandigarh Sessions Court; Sukhbir Badal and other accused appeared on 12 May 2026[2]

14 Oct 2015 (SAD-BJP govt):
-- Police fired on protesters at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan, after the 12 Oct 2015 Bargari sacrilege
-- 2 protesters killed at Behbal Kalan[1:1][3]

Latest hearing in both firing cases was fixed for 17 Oct 2026; at the previous hearing the court directed the prosecution to file the final investigation report and supplementary challan[3:1]

1. Kotkapura firing case

  • 9 Apr 2021 (before AAP): High Court quashed the trial by the previous SIT[3:2]
  • 24 Feb 2023: SIT under ADGP L K Yadav filed the first challan of ~7,000 pages naming Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and Sumedh Singh Saini[1:2]
  • 25 Apr 2023: first supplementary challan, 2,400 pages[1:3]
  • 28 Aug 2023: second supplementary challan, 2,500 pages[3:3]
  • 15 Sep 2023: third supplementary challan, 22 pages[3:4]
  • 26 Feb 2024: fourth supplementary challan (fifth in all), 211 pages[3:5]
  • Accused also include IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal and other police officers[4]
  • 28 Jan 2025: Faridkot court ordered proceedings to resume after a stall of over a year, which followed a High Court petition by ex-SSP Charanjit Sharma to move the trial to Chandigarh[5]
  • 3 Feb 2025: proceedings resumed after an eight-month gap; Faridkot court to decide on framing charges[6]
  • 9 Apr 2026: trial moved to Chandigarh Sessions Court on High Court orders[2:1]
  • 12 May 2026: Sukhbir Badal and other accused appeared before the Chandigarh court[2:2]
  • 5 Jun 2026: court asked for a status report on the pending investigation by 18 Jul[4:1]

2. Behbal Kalan firing case

  • 2 protesters killed: Gurjeet Singh and Kishan Bhagwan Singh[1:4]
  • Separate SIT under ADGP Naunihal Singh; investigation yet to be completed[1:5][3:6]
  • 31 May 2024: trial moved to Chandigarh on High Court orders[7]

3. Both cases

  • SIT summoned Sukhbir Badal on 20 Jul 2026[8] and again for 11 Sep 2026[9]
  • 1 Aug 2026: Punjab Police submitted sealed status reports in both cases[10]
  • Oct 2026, 11 years after the firing: charges not yet framed in any of the five cases (three sacrilege, two firing); investigation in the three sacrilege cases and Kotkapura firing case reported complete[3:7]
  • 15 Oct 2026: CM Bhagwant Mann said new challans will be filed with fresh witnesses[11]

4. Linked sacrilege case (Bargari)

Punjab Govt granted sanction to prosecute Gurmeet Ram Rahim under Section 295-A IPC

  • 1 Jun 2015: Guru Granth Sahib stolen from the gurdwara at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala (Faridkot)[12]
  • 12 Oct 2015: over 110 Angs found lying in front of the gurdwara at Bargari[13]
  • 3 Nov 2015: three sacrilege cases transferred to CBI; Punjab Govt withdrew consent for CBI investigation on 6 Sep 2018[3:8]
  • 4 Jul 2019: CBI filed a closure report, saying it could not establish the accused's involvement[13:1]
  • 28 Feb 2023: Supreme Court transferred the three sacrilege trials from Faridkot to Chandigarh[3:9]
  • 11 Mar 2024: High Court stayed the trial-court proceedings, on a challenge by Gurmeet Ram Rahim[3:10]
  • 22 Oct 2024: Punjab Govt granted sanction to prosecute Gurmeet Ram Rahim under Section 295-A IPC, along with three national committee members of the Dera[14]
  • 29 Apr 2025: Supreme Court ordered that trial-court proceedings not proceed until further orders; listed again on 22 Jul 2025 but not taken up, with no hearing since[3:11]

5. Earlier probes (Congress govt, 2017-22)

  • 15 Jul 2025 (special Assembly session): Congress MLA Pargat Singh said Congress was divided over the sacrilege issue: one faction wanted a resolution, the other wanted to politicise it[15]

References:

  1. https://theprint.in/india/kotkapura-police-firing-punjab-police-sit-files-supplementary-charge-sheet-in-faridkot-court/1539037/ (PTI via ThePrint, 25 Apr 2023) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/kotkapura-firing-case-sukhbir-badal-appears-before-chandigarh-court-after-trial-transfer/ (Tribune, May 2026) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-sacrilege-cases-11-years-on-no-charges-framed-justice-eludes-families-of-behbal-kalan-firing-victims/articleshow/134922421.cms (TOI, Oct 2026) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/chandigarh-court-seeks-status-report-on-pending-probe-in-kotkapura-firing-case-by-july-18/ (Tribune, 5 Jun 2026) ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/proceedings-resume-after-year-long-delay-in-kotkapura-police-firing-case/ (Tribune, 28 Jan 2025) ↩︎

  6. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/proceedings-resume-in-kotkapura-police-firing-case-badal-again-in-spotlight (Tribune, 3 Feb 2025) ↩︎

  7. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/high-court-transfers-behbal-kalan-firing-case-to-chandigarh-626687 (Tribune, 1 Jun 2024) ↩︎

  8. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/akali-dal-chief-sukhbir-badal-summoned-by-sit-in-sacrilege-linked-behbal-kalan-kotkapura-firing-cases/ (Tribune, 16 Jul 2026) ↩︎

  9. https://english.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2026/9/8/Sukhbir-Badal-Summoned-Again-b.php (Hindusthan Samachar, 8 Sep 2026) ↩︎

  10. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/kotkapura-behbal-kalan-firing-cases-punjab-police-submits-sealed-status-reports-in-chandigarh-court/ (Tribune, 10 Aug 2026) ↩︎

  11. https://www.babushahi.com/view-news.php?id=228257 (Babushahi, 15 Oct 2026) ↩︎

  12. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/in-faridkot-sacrilege-cases-of-2015-lurk-in-the-shadow-625191/ (Tribune) ↩︎

  13. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eight-years-on-sukhbir-tenders-apology-for-2015-sacrilege-case-in-punjab-101702581082989.html (HT, Dec 2023) ↩︎ ↩︎

  14. https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/ram-rahim-to-face-trial-for-2015-sacrilege-punjab-govt-grants-nod-124102200506_1.html (Business Standard, 22 Oct 2024) ↩︎

  15. https://www.ptcnews.tv/punjab-2/punjab-assembly-special-session-anti-sacrilege-bill-punjab-government-cm-bhagwant-mann-opposition-live-updates-livenews-4411853 (PTC News live blog, 15 Jul 2025) ↩︎

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