Akhilesh Singh gets 7-year RI for bid on cop's life

Jamshedpur,May 1 (UNI) A fast track court today sentenced criminal Akhilesh Singh and his associate Santosh Gupta to seven years rigorous imprisonment.

Both were found guilty in a shootout incident against Arvind Kumar, the then officer-in-charge of Burmamines police station at Bara flat in Sidhgora area on June 20, 2002.

The court had convicted the duo on April 28 under IPC 307,353 and arms act 34 and 27 and reserved the judgement for today.

Besides, RI for seven years, the court also pronounced one year imprisonment under 353 IPC and three years jail and Rs 10,000 fine or else six years additional imprisonment under the arms act,which would run concurrently.

Singh, who has already been awarded life imprisonment for murdering the jailor of Sakchi jail, was brought here under tight security arrangement from Ranchi central jail on April 28.

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