# CBI vs Dehradun Police Inspector

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Trial-court conviction (Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik, CBI Court, Delhi (Tis Hazari); CBI Court). Convicted 9 June 2014. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/dehradun-fake-encounter-case-17-policemen-awarded-life-imprisonment); [Appellate judgment](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/delhi-hc-upholds-conviction-seven-policemen-encounter-killing-youth-uttarakhand-read-judgment/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2-08-004)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: fake encounter extrajudicial killing
- Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Officers: 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
- 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
- Verification: V1 · Trial court