Uttar Pradesh: Nine policemen held guilty in 2006 fake shootout case

The court sentenced five to them to life imprisonment, four others to jail for five years.

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· Dec 22, 2022 · 12:32 pm

Shopian encounter: Bodies of deceased labourers will be exhumed, handed over to families, say police

The families of the deceased youths have sought immediate arrest and conviction of those responsible for the incident.

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· Sep 30, 2020 · 05:50 pm

All 22 accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter acquitted due to lack of evidence

CBI Judge SJ Sharma said the witnesses and the evidence collected in the case were not enough to prove conspiracy and murder.

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· Dec 21, 2018 · 12:28 pm

Verdict in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case likely to be delivered today

The CBI had told the court that hostile witnesses had obstructed the inquiry. Of the 210 witnesses examined, 92 were declared hostile.

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· Dec 21, 2018 · 08:11 am

Gujarat ‘fake encounters’: SC asks state government to respond to inquiry report within a week

Two petitions filed over a decade ago had sought an inquiry into 22 such encounters that took place between 2002 and 2006.

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· Dec 03, 2018 · 02:13 pm

Muzaffarnagar ‘fake encounter’ case: NHRC issues notice to UP government, police chief

The police claim they were forced to gun down 20-year-old Irshad Ahmad on Tuesday after he fired at them.

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· Nov 30, 2018 · 02:31 pm

Amit Shah benefitted politically from Sohrabuddin case, alleges former investigating officer

Amitabh Thakur claimed that four former senior police officers had also gained politically and financially from the alleged fake encounter.

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· Nov 20, 2018 · 12:02 pm

Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: Bombay High Court rejects plea challenging Amit Shah’s discharge

The petition was filed against the Central Bureau of Investigation’s decision to not challenge the trial court’s order.

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· Nov 02, 2018 · 12:34 pm

Sohrabuddin case: Retired officer says state trying to discourage him from deposing before court

Vasant Laljibhai Solanki said his security was withdrawn in July without any reason despite a 2009 Supreme Court direction.

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· Sep 21, 2018 · 01:16 pm

Sohrabuddin case: New Bombay High Court judge to hear brother’s petitions from March 22

In February, the HC replaced Justice Revati Mohite-Dere, who had finished hearing three of five pleas in daily hearings, with NW Sambre.

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· Mar 16, 2018 · 12:42 pm

Sohrabuddin trial: Lawyers’ association writes to Bombay High Court over reassignment of case

The court has reassigned a batch of petitions that Justice Revati Mohite-Dere had been hearing daily for three weeks to Justice NW Sambre.

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· Feb 27, 2018 · 09:13 pm

Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: Fresh questions as judge who lifted media gag and slammed CBI is replaced

Justice Revati Mohite-Dere was replaced on Saturday after three weeks of daily hearings in a case related to the controversial encounter killing in Gujarat.

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· Feb 27, 2018 · 06:00 am