Chandigarh, June 27 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred the hearing on a plea from suspended DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, seeking bail in the corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 16 last year.

The case was taken up by the bench of justice Ramesh Kumari and on his counsel's request deferred the hearing to July 7.

The petition has been moved in the backdrop of the apex court's April 10 order dismissing Bhullar's bail plea but giving him liberty to revive the petition if trial is not started within two months. The HC on February 16 rejected Bhullar's bail plea while upholding the January 2 order of a Chandigarh trial court refusing bail.

Bhullar maintained that the investig...