Chandigarh, March 17 -- In the resumed hearing of the bribery case involving suspended DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and co-accused and middleman Kirshanu Sharda, separate petitions were filed seeking to recall the cognisance order passed by the CBI court on March 13. A cognisance order is a judicial act where a magistrate or judge formally takes notice of an alleged offence to initiate criminal proceedings.

While passing the cognisance order, the CBI court had said, "During the investigation, sufficient evidence in the shape of oral, documentary, electronic gadgets has come on record, which prima facie establishes that accused Bhullar and Sharda had conspired and demanded a bribe of Rs.8 lakh from the complainant in lieu of settling the F...