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Police personnel sentenced to to 3 year RI
Patiala,
Nov
29:
A
lower
court
here
sentenced
two
inspectors
and
two
constables
to
three
years
rigorous
imprisonment
and
a
penalty
of
15,000
each
for
abducting,
illegally
detaining
and
torturing
members
of
a
family
to
pressurise
one
of
their
relatives
to
withdraw
a
complaint
filed
against
them.
The local court had framed charges against Inspector Des Raj, SI Gurmail Singh, ASIs Teja Singh, Naib Singh and Ranjit Singh and Head Constables Karamjit Singh and Pritam Singh in 2001.
While Ranjit Singh died during the case, Additional Sessions judge Bhupinder Singh yesterday exonerated Des Raj and Naib Singh in the case.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court in August, 1996, had directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry into the case following a petition filed by Gurdeep Kaur, resident of Gurusar village in Muktsar district and her brothers Gurmit Singh and Gurcharan Singh.
The CBI probe revealed that Gurmit Singh, one of the petitioners, who was posted as Special Police Officer (SPO) at Sadar police station, Muktsar, was illegally detained and tortured by Head constables Karamjit Singh and Pritam Singh.
When he filed a criminal complaint in the court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, his family was also abducted, illegally detained and tortured at various places by the police in order to pressurise him to withdraw the case or reach a compromise with the police officials, the CBI report said.
The CBI in its chargesheet had accused the police officials of having committed offences under sections 120 (b), 342, 343, 346 and 211, IPC.
UNI
