# CBI v. Bijnor Police Sub-Inspector

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Trial-court conviction (Special CBI Court, Ghaziabad; CBI Court). Convicted 29 March 2012. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The Special CBI Court at Ghaziabad on 29 March 2012 convicted 17 Bijnor policemen led by then-SI \[name withheld\] under ss. 120B/364/302 IPC and sentenced each to life imprisonment plus Rs.5,000 fine for abducting a Bijnor man @ a Bijnor man, a Gurdwara Rakabganj sewadar, from Delhi on 30 October 1992 and murdering him in a staged encounter near Kashiwala village (PS Bardhapur, Bijnor) the next day with planted weapons. The CBI had registered the case on 15 November 1993 on Supreme Court orders (Crl WP 632/92) and chargesheeted 19 officials in March 1996, two of whom died during trial.

## Report card

By judgment dated 29 March 2012, the Special CBI Court, Ghaziabad convicted 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Bijnor Police, UP; various ranks (16 personnel), Bijnor Police, UP.

- Register number: UP 20 CW 0001
- Case reference: CBI RC registered 15.11.1993 (on Supreme Court order, Crl WP 632/92); reported in the judgment of the CBI Special Court, Ghaziabad
- Court and date: The Special CBI Court, Ghaziabad, 29 March 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Bijnor Police, UP; various ranks (16 personnel), Bijnor Police, UP
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The CBI Special Court, Ghaziabad (UP) has convicted 17 accused persons U/s 120-B r/w 364 & 302 of IPC in a fake encounter case and sentenced them to undergo Life Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.5000/- each.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment to all 17 + Rs.5,000 fine each (2 of 19 chargesheeted died during trial)
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/Mzk4Mg==); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157781726/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-13-003)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: fake encounter extrajudicial killing
- Location: Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh
- Officers: Sub-Inspector, Bijnor Police, UP; various ranks (16 personnel), Bijnor Police, UP
- Sentence: Life imprisonment to all 17 + Rs.5,000 fine each (2 of 19 chargesheeted died during trial)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court