Three months' RI for SHO, constable

Shahdol, MP, Sep 2 (UNI) The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court today sentenced a Station House Officer (SHO) and a constable to three months' rigorous imprisonment on the charge of assaulting and breaking the leg of a jawan in lock-up.

According to prosecution, SHO Parmeshwardin Urmalia and five constables, including Ramdarash Singh, caught Bodri village-resident jawan Shivprasad Tiwari on June 8, 1992, and beat him up brutally in lock-up.

A case was registered against the SHO on the basis of complaint by the jawan's wife.

CJM Deepesh Tiwari delivered the verdict. Four other accused were acquitted.

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