Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a chargesheet against city-based advocate Jatin Salwan, who was arrested in a corruption case this August.

The CBI had registered an FIR against Salwan and his aide, Satnam Singh, on August 16, over allegations of demanding Rs.30 lakh bribe to secure favourable judicial orders in a divorce case pending before a Bathinda court.

The chargesheet has been filed under Sections 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 7-A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, (as amended in 2018). The case has now been adjourned to October 23.

As per the chargesheet, Salwan had approached the woman (petitioner in the divorce case) with a dem...