CBI v. Punjab Police SP (SSP Amritsar Rural at verdict)
The Special CBI Court at Patiala (Spl Judge Hemant Gupta) on 11 March 2013 sentenced then-SP (Detective) [name withheld] and three others to 10 years' RI for criminal conspiracy, wrongful confinement and kidnapping in order to murder footballer a Sangrur man (29), picked up with his father [name withheld] on 12-13 May 1993, tortured in illegal custody, re-abducted from Kolkata on 6 June 1993 and never seen again. Then-SHO [name withheld] [name withheld] [name withheld] and retired constable got three years' RI for assisting; the Punjab & Haryana High Court later declined to suspend Virk's sentence.
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By judgment dated 11 March 2013, the Special CBI Court, Patiala (Spl Judge Hemant Gupta) convicted 6 police personnel, namely: SP (SSP Amritsar Rural at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; Inspector (retd DSP), Punjab Police, Bhawanigarh; Head Constable (SI at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; Constable (HC at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; SHO (DSP at verdict), Punjab Police, Malerkotla; Constable (retired), Punjab Police.
- Register number
- PB 13 CW 0002
- Case reference
- CBI case registered 23.08.1995 (P&H HC order 21.07.1995; chargesheet April 2000; charges framed 06.11.2002); reported in the judgment of the Special Judge for CBI Cases, Patiala
- Court and date
- The Special CBI Court, Patiala (Spl Judge Hemant Gupta), 11 March 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time
- SP (SSP Amritsar Rural at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; Inspector (retd DSP), Punjab Police, Bhawanigarh; Head Constable (SI at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; Constable (HC at verdict), Punjab Police, Sangrur; SHO (DSP at verdict), Punjab Police, Malerkotla; Constable (retired), Punjab Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 346 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The court of special judge Hemant Gupta held PPS officer Virk and three other cops namely [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld] guilty under sections 120(B), 342, 343, 346 and 364 of the IPC for hatching a criminal conspiracy, …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Virk, [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]: 10 yr RI (ss.120B/342/343/346/364); [name withheld], [name withheld]: 3 yr RI (ss.34/342/343/346/365); all sent to Central Jail Patiala
- Present status of the proceedings
- An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special CBI Court, Patiala (Spl Judge Hemant Gupta) convicted the accused police personnel on 11 March 2013. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Virk, [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]: 10 yr RI (ss.120B/342/343/346/364); [name withheld], [name withheld]: 3 yr RI (ss.34/342/343/346/365); all sent to Central Jail Patiala
Sections: IPC 120B; IPC 342; IPC 343; IPC 346; IPC 364; IPC 365; IPC 34
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text