CBI vs UP Police Station Officer (then SO)
The Special Judge for CBI Cases Ghaziabad on 20 February 2017 convicted four Bhojpur police personnel of murdering four unarmed labourers — a Ghaziabad man, a Ghaziabad man, a Ghaziabad man and a Ghaziabad man — whom they had picked up on 8 November 1996 and shot dead at Macheri ki pulia on the Modi Nagar-Hapur Road, falsely showing an exchange of fire. All four drew life terms plus consecutive RI counts for false evidence and destroying evidence, with half the fines directed to the victims' families. The CBI had registered the case in April 1997 at the UP Government's request and chargesheeted five policemen in 2001, one of whom died during trial.
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 20 February 2017, the Special CBI Court, Ghaziabad convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Station Officer (then SO), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Sub-Inspector (then SI), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Constable (then Constable), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Constable (then Constable), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police.
- Register number
- UP 14 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Crime Nos. 142-146 of 1996, PS Bhojpur (CBI case registered 10.04.1997); reported in the judgment of the Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ghaziabad
- Court and date
- The Special CBI Court, Ghaziabad, 20 February 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Station Officer (then SO), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Sub-Inspector (then SI), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Constable (then Constable), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police; Constable (then Constable), PS Bhojpur, Ghaziabad, UP Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Trial Court found the four accused persons guilty and convicted them on 20.02.2017.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment each u/s 302 (fines: SO Rs 2,00,000; SI 1,00,000; constables 50,000 each) + 2 years RI u/s 193 (Rs 10,000 fine each) + 4 years RI u/s 201 (Rs 20,000 fine each), concurrent; 50% of total fine to victims' families; 5th accused constable died during trial; 99 prosecution witnesses examined
- 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 CBI Court, Ghaziabad convicted the accused police personnel on 20 February 2017. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment each u/s 302 (fines: SO Rs 2,00,000; SI 1,00,000; constables 50,000 each) + 2 years RI u/s 193 (Rs 10,000 fine each) + 4 years RI u/s 201 (Rs 20,000 fine each), concurrent; 50% of total fine to victims' families; 5th accused constable died during trial; 99 prosecution witnesses examined
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 193; IPC 201
Appeal status
No appeal known.