Written by Jagpreet Singh SandhuChandigarh | Updated: November 16, 2025 10:24 AM IST 3 min readIn November 2019, the Special CBI Court of Chandigarh had granted anticipatory bail to the accused — Sahil Gorwara and his mother Daljit Kaur Gorwara. (File Representational Photo)A special court has issued a reminder to the Collector of Dera Bassi (Mohali) for recovery of the penalty of Rs 70,000 from a guarantor, who failed to produce an accused in a bank fraud case amounting to Rs 7.29 crore before the court despite multiple hearings. The reminder notice has been issued by the special CBI Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhawna Jain, for March 9, 2026 with a direction to recover the penalty from one Attar Singh.According to the prosecution, the case dates back to 2015, when the CBI had registered an FIR against eight persons, including four retired officials of Indian Overseas Bank, for allegedly causing around Rs 7.29 crore loss to the bank. The FIR was registered on the complaint of D C Kar, chief regional manager, Indian Overseas Bank, on October 7, 2015.Arvinder Singh Gorwara (now deceased) and Amarinder Singh Gorwara were directors of Arvind Machine Tools Private Limited, Mohali, which manufactures auto components. According to the complaint, on January 15, 2014, Sahil Gorwara was made the director of the company after removing Arvinder without informing the bank. According to the allegations, in order to siphon off money from the limited account, Arvind Machine Tools made transactions through RTGS in the accounts of various bogus firms. Due to the omissions and commissions on the part of the accused, Indian Overseas Bank was defrauded to the tune of Rs 7.29 crore on the basis of false and forged documents, the complaint claimed.In November 2019, the Special CBI Court of Chandigarh had granted anticipatory bail to the accused — Sahil Gorwara and his mother Daljit Kaur Gorwara. Dajit’s surety for bail was given by Attar Singh, who undertook to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh in case of non-appearance of her in the court.In September 2023, when both the accused failed to appear before the court, they were declared proclaimed offenders (PO) in the case.Since both mother-son duo failed to appear before the court for the trial proceedings, guarantors were then issued a notice. Balwinder Ram, guarantor for accused Sahil, had paid the fine of Rs 70,000. Attar urged for leniency, saying that he searched for the accused, but could not find him. He was imposed with a penalty/fine for an amount of Rs 70,000, but he stated that he cannot pay the fine amount as he has no means to pay the same.For Attar, the CBI court has written a communication to the Collector, Dera Bassi to direct the concerned officials to recover the said fine amount by attachment and sale of his property and deposit the same in the court.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:chandigarhfraud case