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Life imprisonment to policemen convicted in Tarn Taran fake encounter case.
A special court in Mohali has sentenced the policemen convicted in the 1993 fake police encounter case in Tarn Taran, Punjab, to life imprisonment. Along with this, a fine of Rs 1 lakh has also been imposed on him. The culprits have been identified as the then head constable Shamsher Singh and the then ASI Jagtar Singh.
On October 27, the CBI court of Mohali had convicted both the policemen in this fake police encounter case of 1993, while 4 policemen were made accused in the case. But during the trial of the case, two of the accused had died. Earlier, the convicts were to be sentenced by the court on November 2. But the court adjourned the matter till the next date for the decision.
killing two people
On April 15, 1993, Harbans Singh, a resident of village Uboke, and an unidentified youth were killed in a fake police encounter near the drain of village Chambal by the police of police station Sadar Tarn Taran. In this case, the Special CBI Court of Mohali had convicted ASI Shamsher Singh and Head Constable Jagtar Singh under Section-302 of IPC.
Advocate Sarabjit Singh Verka, who is advocating the case, had told that Harbans Singh, resident of village Uboke and an unidentified youth were killed in a fake police encounter in 1993, the then in-charge of police station Sadar of Tarn Taran, SI Purna Singh, Shamsher Singh, ASI Jagir Singh and ASI Jagtar. was dropped.
The brother of the deceased fought a legal battle
Nirmal Singh, brother of the deceased Harbans Singh took the matter to the Supreme Court. The case was investigated by the CBI on the orders of the Supreme Court and the encounter was found to be fake. Then on 25 January 1999, the CBI had registered a case against the police officers.