CBI v. Punjab Police SHO (then SHO) and others
The Special Judge-I, CBI Mohali sentenced SHO to life for the staged encounter killing of [name withheld] and a Rupnagar man, falsely shown as arrested and then killed near village Bhadal with a cover story of cross-firing during an arms recovery. Two ASIs were released on a year's probation. The CBI registered the case in 1997 on Punjab and Haryana High Court orders on the wife's petition. Incident circa 1996 per writ-petition year.
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 27 February 2019, the Special Judge-I, CBI Cases, Mohali convicted 3 police personnel, namely: SHO (then SHO), PS Sadar, Ropar, Punjab Police; ASI (then ASI), Punjab Police; ASI (then ASI), Punjab Police.
- Register number
- PB 12 CW 0002
- Case reference
- CBI v. Punjab Police SHO (then SHO) and others
- Court and date
- The Special Judge-I, CBI Cases, Mohali, 27 February 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- SHO (then SHO), PS Sadar, Ropar, Punjab Police; ASI (then ASI), Punjab Police; ASI (then ASI), Punjab Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25/54/59 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Special Judge-I, CBI Cases, Mohali (Punjab) has today sentenced Sh. [name withheld], then SHO, Police Station Sadar, Ropar (Punjab) to undergo life imprisonment with fine of Rs. 5 lakh (out of which Rs. 2 lakh each to be paid …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: [name withheld]: life imprisonment + fine Rs 5,00,000 (Rs 2,00,000 each to the two victim families); two ASIs: probation one year + Rs 20,000 litigation expenses each
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge-I, CBI Cases, Mohali convicted the accused police personnel on 27 February 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: [name withheld]: life imprisonment + fine Rs 5,00,000 (Rs 2,00,000 each to the two victim families); two ASIs: probation one year + Rs 20,000 litigation expenses each
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 307; Arms Act 25/54/59
Appeal status
No appeal known.