2006 Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma convicted by Bombay High Court for life in fake encounter killing of Ramnarayan Gupta, first such conviction in India.
Former Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma was convicted by the Bombay High Court and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 2006 fake encounter killing of Ramnarayan Gupta, an alleged close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan. This is the first conviction of police officers in a fake encounter case in India. Sharma was initially acquitted in 2013, but the high court deemed the trial judge's acquittal finding as "perverse" and "unsustainable". The court also upheld the life imprisonment sentences for 13 other accused, including 12 police personnel.
March 19, 2024
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