A Delhi Court today granted bail to the former Army Chief and four top serving officers, including Vice Chief of Army Staff, in a criminal defamation case.

Former Army Chief General V K Singh, Vice Chief of Army Staff, S K Singh, Lt. General B S Thakur (Director General of Military Intelligence), Major General S L Narsimhan (Additional Director General of Public Information) and Lt. Colonel Hitten Sawhney appeared before the court following summons against them in the case filed by Lt. General (retd.)

Tejinder Singh. All the five accused were granted bail by Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja on a personal bond of 20,000 rupees each.
In his complaint, Lt. Gen. (retd.) Tejinder Singh has accused them of misusing their official position, power and authority to level false charges against him.

Tejinder Singh had filed the complaint alleging that he was defamed by the Army through its press release issued on March 5, which accused him of offering a bribe of 14 crore rupees to the erstwhile Army Chief to clear a deal of 600 trucks.