CBI v. Punjab Police Deputy Superintendent of Police and others
Additional District Judge [name withheld], Patiala, on 18 November 2005 convicted six Punjab Police officials in the CBI-prosecuted abduction and murder of human rights activist [name withheld], who was picked up outside his Amritsar home on 6 September 1995, tortured in illegal custody and killed in late October 1995 with his body dumped in the Harike canal. DSP and [name withheld] received life terms for murder with additional terms for abduction, destruction of evidence and conspiracy; four others received seven-year terms for abduction and five for conspiracy. Two senior accused (SSP, DSP) died during trial. Appeal posture not verified from opened sources (reported upheld by P&H HC 2007 and SC 2011 — for T2-20 to confirm).
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 18 November 2005, the Additional District / Sessions Judge, Patiala (Judge Bhupinder Singh; CBI case) convicted 6 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police.
- Register number
- PB 02 CW 0006
- Case reference
- CBI v. Punjab Police Deputy Superintendent of Police and others; reported in the judgment of the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Patiala
- Court and date
- The Additional District / Sessions Judge, Patiala (Judge Bhupinder Singh; CBI case), 18 November 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police; not stated (Punjab Police official), Punjab Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 (abduction with intent to murder - source's words; drop /365 hedge) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “On Friday, November 18, 2005, Additional District Judge [name withheld] in Patiala convicted six Punjab police officials in the 1995 abduction and murder case of human rights activist an Amritsar man”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: [name withheld] and [name withheld]: life imprisonment for murder plus 7 years (abduction), 2 years (destruction of evidence), 5 years (conspiracy); [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld]: 7 years (abduction) plus 5 years (conspiracy)
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional District / Sessions Judge, Patiala (Judge Bhupinder Singh; CBI case) convicted the accused police personnel on 18 November 2005. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: [name withheld] and [name withheld]: life imprisonment for murder plus 7 years (abduction), 2 years (destruction of evidence), 5 years (conspiracy); [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld]: 7 years (abduction) plus 5 years (conspiracy)
Sections: IPC 302 (murder); IPC 364 (abduction with intent to murder - source's words; drop /365 hedge); IPC 201 (destruction of evidence); IPC 120-B (criminal conspiracy)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text