Criminal lawyer Amar Preet Singh Deol resigned as advocate general of Punjab on Monday. He was appointed on September 27.
Sources said Deol resigned in the afternoon but his resignation was yet to be accepted by the Charanjit Singh Channi government. Neither Deol nor the state government has confirmed the development so far.
It was being reasoned that a person who defended Saini and those accused in sacrilege cases, should not have been appointed advocate general. Several Sikh organisations had also opposed his appointment.
Last week, the government had to give an undertaking to the high court that Bains will not appear in post sacrilege violence cases till November 23.
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