A Special CBI court on Friday held 18 Uttarakhand Police personnel guilty for the death of 22-year-old Ranbir Singh in Dehradun in 2009 in a fake encounter.
Of the 18 convicts, Special CBI Judge J.P.S. Malik acquitted Jaspal Singh Gosain of murder and kidnapping charges but held him guilty under Section 218 for framing incorrect record in connection with the fake encounter to shield the other accused. Mr. Gosain was the head operator at the city control room. He has been ordered to furnish a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and a surety of the same amount.
Those convicted for murder and criminal conspiracy are Santosh Jaiswal (Inspector), Gopal Dutt Bhatt, Rajesh Bisht (both sub-inspectors), Neeraj Kumar, Nitin Chauhan and Chandra Mohan and Ajeet Singh (constable).
Others who have been convicted are, Satbir Singh, Sunil Saini, Chander Pal, Saurabh Nautiyal, Nagendra Nath, Vikas Chandra Baluni, Sanjay Rawat, Mohan Singh Rana, Inder Bhan Singh and Manoj Kumar (all constables).
The court will hear arguments on quantum of sentence on Saturday.
Hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, the victim, had gone to Dehradun in search of a job with a finance company in July 2009. He was kidnapped and killed on July 3, 2009.
Probe agencies said he was gunned down by Uttarakhand Police after being caught at Mohini Road where he and his friends were allegedly trying to commit some crime. However, the autopsy report revealed that he was first tortured and then shot from a close range.
