# CBI v. Punjab Police SP (SSP Amritsar Rural at verdict)

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Trial-court conviction (Special CBI Court, Patiala (Spl Judge Hemant Gupta); CBI Court). Convicted 11 March 2013. Appeal status: Appeal pending.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/MzY0NQ==); [Appellate judgment](https://sikhsiyasatnews.net/high-court-declines-to-suspend-sentence-of-ssp-preetpal-virk-in-1993-abduction-case/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-13-006)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: enforced disappearance
- Location: Sangrur, Punjab
- Officers: 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
- 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
- Verification: V2 · Trial court