Patna: The then station house officer of Shastri Nagar police station Shamse Alam was today sentenced to death by a local court for a fake encounter in which three students were shot dead claiming them to be dacoits, 12 years ago.
Seven others, including a police constable Arun Kumar Singh, were sentenced to life imprisonment till death.
The order was passed by the Fast Track Court-I judge Ravi Shankar Sinha who on June five had held the two, Alam and Arun Kumar Singh, guilty of murder.
The six were shopkeepers of Sammelan Market under Shastri Nagar police station area who had brutally beaten up the three students Vikash Ranjan, Prashant Singh and Himanshu Shekhar, following a scuffle between them and a telephone booth operator over paying a STD bill on December 28, 2002.
A total of 33 witnesses were examined by the court during the protracted trial.
The case was first investigated by the local police, then the CID and subsequently handed over to the CBI, which assisted in the trial.
Seven others, including a police constable Arun Kumar Singh, were sentenced to life imprisonment till death.
The order was passed by the Fast Track Court-I judge Ravi Shankar Sinha who on June five had held the two, Alam and Arun Kumar Singh, guilty of murder.
The six were shopkeepers of Sammelan Market under Shastri Nagar police station area who had brutally beaten up the three students Vikash Ranjan, Prashant Singh and Himanshu Shekhar, following a scuffle between them and a telephone booth operator over paying a STD bill on December 28, 2002.
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A total of 33 witnesses were examined by the court during the protracted trial.
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The case was first investigated by the local police, then the CID and subsequently handed over to the CBI, which assisted in the trial.
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