Life term for 7 cops in Uttarakhand fake encounter case

Apart from the seven cops convicted for murder, other ten policemen—Constables Satbir Singh, Sunil Saini, Chander Pal, Saurabh Nautiyal, Nagender Rathi, Vikas Chander Baluni, Sanjay Rawat and Manoj Kumar and drivers Mohan Singh Rana and Inderbhan Singh—were convicted under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with sections 364 (kidnapping to murder) and 302 (murder) of IPC.

The court had on Friday rejected the theory of Uttarakhand Police that Ranbir was riding a bike along with two others and had snatched a revolver from a policeman when they were stopped for checking in view of then President Pratibha Patil's visit to Uttarakhand on July 3, 2009. 

The policemen were chargesheeted by CBI in connection with the encounter case.

They were arrested in the wake of evidence that Ranbir was allegedly gunned down by Uttarakhand Police after being caught at Mohini Road where he and his companions were allegedly trying to commit a crime on July 3, 2009.  

Two of Ranbir's friend were arrested later and are facing trial in a separate case of robbing in Uttarakhand.