Army Fake Encounter Case

The armed forces tribunal in New Delhi has suspended the life sentence of an Army captain who was found guilty of killing three men in a "staged" encounter in south Kashmir's Amshipora village in July 2020.

An army court has awarded life imprisonment to an officer involved in a staged encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

In a case related to killing of five men in a fake encounter in Assam 28 years ago, the Gauhati High Court has told the petitioners to get a copy of court martial proceedings of seven convicted Indian Army personnel before a decision on compensation

The Jammu and Kashmir police have filed a chargesheet against three people, including an Army officer, in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir earlier this year.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday welcomed a general court martial verdict sentencing seven Army personnel, including a major general, to life imprisonment for a fake encounter 24 years ago and said it would strengthen people's faith in the judiciary and the Army.

Seven military personnel, including a Major General, have been convicted by an army court in a 24-year-old fake encounter case in Assam. They have been sentenced to life in prison.

The Supreme Court on Monday told off the Central Bureau of Investigation for not arresting the accused in the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur.

The army's northern command GOC on Monday confirmed the life sentence awarded to six army personnel, including a colonel-rank officer, by a general court martial in the 2012 Machil fake encounter case, an army official said.

Five army men including two officers have been sentenced to life in jail for the 2010 encounter killing of three young men in Jammu and Kashmir's Machil. The soldiers had claimed that they were terrorists.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and raised the issue of the Army's controversial decision to close the Pathribal fake encounter case.

The Army on Thursday said it has closed the Pathribal fake encounter case as the evidence recorded could not establish prime facie charges against any of the accused.

The Army has ordered court martial proceedings against six of its personnel, including two officers, for their alleged involvement in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case that had triggered a two month-long agitation in the Kashmir Valley.

The Army has decided to take over the investigations and try its officers in the Pathribal fake encounter, in which seven people were killed in an alleged staged shootout 12 years ago.

The Supreme Court has given the army eight weeks to decide whether officers accused of a fake encounter in Pathribal in the state of Jammu and Kashmir should be tried by court-martial proceedings or by regular criminal courts. If the army chooses not to go for a court martial, the central government will have to decide within a month whether to gra...

The Army told the Supreme Court today that it will not take over the case of its officers involved in Pathribal killings in Jammu and Kashmir.

The armed forces tribunal in New Delhi has suspended the life sentence of an Army captain who was found guilty of killing three men in a "staged" encounter in south Kashmir's Amshipora village in July 2020.

An army court has awarded life imprisonment to an officer involved in a staged encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

In a case related to killing of five men in a fake encounter in Assam 28 years ago, the Gauhati High Court has told the petitioners to get a copy of court martial proceedings of seven convicted Indian Army personnel before a decision on compensation

The Jammu and Kashmir police have filed a chargesheet against three people, including an Army officer, in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir earlier this year.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday welcomed a general court martial verdict sentencing seven Army personnel, including a major general, to life imprisonment for a fake encounter 24 years ago and said it would strengthen people's faith in the judiciary and the Army.

Seven military personnel, including a Major General, have been convicted by an army court in a 24-year-old fake encounter case in Assam. They have been sentenced to life in prison.

The Supreme Court on Monday told off the Central Bureau of Investigation for not arresting the accused in the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur.

The army's northern command GOC on Monday confirmed the life sentence awarded to six army personnel, including a colonel-rank officer, by a general court martial in the 2012 Machil fake encounter case, an army official said.

Five army men including two officers have been sentenced to life in jail for the 2010 encounter killing of three young men in Jammu and Kashmir's Machil. The soldiers had claimed that they were terrorists.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and raised the issue of the Army's controversial decision to close the Pathribal fake encounter case.

The Army on Thursday said it has closed the Pathribal fake encounter case as the evidence recorded could not establish prime facie charges against any of the accused.

The Army has ordered court martial proceedings against six of its personnel, including two officers, for their alleged involvement in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case that had triggered a two month-long agitation in the Kashmir Valley.

The Army has decided to take over the investigations and try its officers in the Pathribal fake encounter, in which seven people were killed in an alleged staged shootout 12 years ago.

The Supreme Court has given the army eight weeks to decide whether officers accused of a fake encounter in Pathribal in the state of Jammu and Kashmir should be tried by court-martial proceedings or by regular criminal courts. If the army chooses not to go for a court martial, the central government will have to decide within a month whether to gra...

The Army told the Supreme Court today that it will not take over the case of its officers involved in Pathribal killings in Jammu and Kashmir.