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 "display_title": "The State of Maharashtra vs Mumbai Police Senior Police Inspector",
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 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal Nos. 854 of 2013, 350 of 2015 and connected appeals",
 "citation": "2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 151",
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 "incident_date": "2006-11-11",
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   "age": 33,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Mumbai man, age 33"
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 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/100702859/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. A Mumbai man, 33, was abducted with friend [name withheld] on 11 November 2006 and killed the same day in a staged shooting near Nana Nani Park, Versova, in an encounter the SIT said was led by Senior Inspector in conspiracy with the victim's business rival. The trial court convicted 21 accused but acquitted Sharma; the Division Bench reversed Sharma's acquittal on circumstantial evidence and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court upheld 13 other life sentences including 12 police personnel, acquitted six civilians, and called the unsolved murder of eyewitness [name withheld] a travesty of justice. Sharma's Supreme Court appeal was admitted with interim exemption from surrender, and suspension of his conviction was later refused.",
 "summary_verified": "A Mumbai man, 33, was abducted with friend [name withheld] on 11 November 2006 and killed the same day in a staged shooting near Nana Nani Park, Versova, in an encounter the SIT said was led by Senior Inspector in conspiracy with the victim's business rival. The trial court convicted 21 accused but acquitted Sharma; the Division Bench reversed Sharma's acquittal on circumstantial evidence and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court upheld 13 other life sentences including 12 police personnel, acquitted six civilians, and called the unsolved murder of eyewitness [name withheld] a travesty of justice. Sharma's Supreme Court appeal was admitted with interim exemption from surrender, and suspension of his conviction was later refused.",
 "court_quote": "It is extremely unfortunate, that a prime eye-witness in this case, [name withheld], lost his life before his evidence could be recorded and till date, the perpetrators of [name withheld], have not been booked and are obviously looming large.",
 "court_quote_para": "420",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "ACCEPT: HC judgment verified via LiveLaw reports (2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 151, JJ Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse); Sharma acquittal reversed to life term, 13 life terms upheld (12 police personnel); SC admitted Sharma appeal with interim non-surrender but refused suspension of conviction, so conviction stands.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
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   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
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  {
   "date": "2024-03-19",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Bombay High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.",
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   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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  {
   "date": "2024-04-08",
   "action_type": "Appeal pending",
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   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "As of 8 April 2024, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.",
   "disposition": "Later proceeding · Appeal pending",
   "source": "https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/fake-encounter-case-supreme-court-exempts-ex-mumbai-cop-pradeep-sharma-from-surrender-till-next-hearing-date-admits-appeal-against-conviction-254611",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "court": "Supreme Court of India",
   "date": "2024-04-08",
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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