CBI vs Dehradun Police Inspector
Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik convicted 17 Uttarakhand policemen for gunning down 22-year-old MBA student a Dehradun man in a staged encounter near Dehradun on 3 July 2009 after branding him an extortionist; the prosecution proved the crime scene was doctored. Seven were convicted of substantive murder and ten of conspiracy/kidnapping-to-murder; all 17 drew life terms on 9 June 2014, while control-room operator [name withheld] was convicted only of falsifying records. The Supreme Court had transferred the trial from Dehradun to Delhi on the father's plea.
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By judgment dated 9 June 2014, the Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik, CBI Court, Delhi (Tis Hazari) convicted 18 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Dehradun Police (Dalanwala); Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Head Operator, City Control Room, Dehradun Police.
- Register number
- UK 07 CW 0003
- Case reference
- CBI vs Dehradun Police Inspector; reported in the judgment of the Special CBI Court, Tis Hazari, Delhi (trial transferred from Dehradun)
- Court and date
- The Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik, CBI Court, Delhi (Tis Hazari), 9 June 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector, Dehradun Police (Dalanwala); Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Sub-Inspector, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Constable, Dehradun Police; Head Operator, City Control Room, Dehradun Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Facts in brief
- Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik convicted 17 Uttarakhand policemen for gunning down 22-year-old MBA student a Dehradun man in a staged encounter near Dehradun on 3 July 2009 after branding him an extortionist; the prosecution proved the crime scene was doctored. Seven were convicted of substantive murder and ten of conspiracy/kidnapping-to-murder; all 17 drew life terms on 9 June 2014, while control-room operator [name withheld] was convicted only of falsifying records. The Supreme Court had transferred the trial from Dehradun to Delhi on the father's plea.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment to 17 (sentenced 9 June 2014; court held case not rarest-of-rare); [name withheld] convicted u/s 218 only and granted bail
- 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.
Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik, CBI Court, Delhi (Tis Hazari) convicted the accused police personnel on 9 June 2014. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment to 17 (sentenced 9 June 2014; court held case not rarest-of-rare); [name withheld] convicted u/s 218 only and granted bail
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 364; IPC 120B; IPC 201; IPC 218
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text