The Maharashta government, under the special right, stayed the punishment awarded to eleven accused policemen in the fake encounter case of Chhota Rajan aide Ramnarayan Gupta alias Lakhan Bhaiyya, who was picked in 2006 and later killed by the police at point blank range

Twenty one people were arrested in the case, of which thirteen were policemen. Encounter Specialist Pradeep Sharma, who was initially made an accused, was later acquitted in the case. But twelve policemen were convicted, and given life imprisonment by the Sessions Court in 2013.