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 "sentence": "Life imprisonment for all 10 (guilt pronounced 16 October 2007, sentence 24 October 2007); 7 years RI components and fines; conviction attained finality",
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 "appeal_status": "upheld",
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 "summary": "The Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala House, held 10 Delhi Police officials led by ACP S.[name withheld] guilty on 16 October 2007 for the staged 1997 Connaught Place shootout and sentenced them to life imprisonment on 24 October 2007. The FIR was transferred to the CBI the day after the shooting (RC No.10(S)/97), and the CBI chargesheeted the police party for murder, attempt to murder and conspiracy. The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction on 18 September 2009 and the Supreme Court confirmed it on 2 May 2011 in [name withheld] v. [name withheld] through CBI; a 2022 Delhi High Court order records the conviction as having 'achieved finality'.",
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