The crime branch had arrested four policemen. (Representational Image)
The sessions court in Mumbai today convicted four policemen from the city for causing the death of a man accused of petty theft in 2013.
"All the four policemen (from Vanrai police station in suburban Mumbai) were convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment," DCP Mohan Dahikar told PTI.
Judge S M Bhosale also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of them.
The crime branch had arrested four policemen Chandrakant Kamble, Kiran Pingle, Umesh Gosavi and Sandeep Salunke for causing the death of Manoj Salve alias Aniket Sudhir Khicchi (20).
Salve had been apprehended while stealing a bag. Before handing him over to police, the people who caught him thrashed him and he was again thrashed by the policemen, which led to his death.
Following this, the crime branch lodged a case of murder against the four policemen.