Bombay HC verdict likely September 10 on discharge of cops in Sohrabuddin case

The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce Monday its verdict on whether or not some senior Gujarat and Rajasthan police officers deserve to be discharged in the 20052006 encounter case of suspected gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh his wife and their aideShaikh his wife Kausar Bi and their aide Tulsiram Prajapati were killed in fake encounters by the police of the two states in 20052006 according to the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIOn July 16 a single bench of the high court presided over by Justice A M Badar had reserved the verdict on five revision applications challenging the discharge granted in the case by a trial court to Gujarat IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian former Gujarat ATS chief D G Vanzara Gujarat police officer N K Amin Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Dinesh M N and Rajasthan police constable Dalpat Singh RathodJustice Badar had been conducting hearings on a daily basis since July 4 on the five revision pleas filed by Sohrabuddin Shaikhs brother Rubabuddin Shaikh and the CBIRubabuddin Shaikh had filed three of these five pleas challenging the discharge granted in the case by the trial court to Pandian Dinesh and VanzaraThe remaining two pleas were filed by the CBI challenging the discharge granted to Amin and RathodThe CBI had booked these five officials along with 33 other people as accused in the fake encounters of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Kausar Bi in November 2005 and Prajapati in December 2006The Gujarat Police had then claimed Sohrabuddin Shaikh had terror linksBetween 2014 and 2017 a special court in Mumbai where the case was shifted from Gujarat following a Supreme Court order discharged 15 of these 38 accusedThose discharged included 14 police officials and BJP president Amit ShahAs per the CBI charge sheet Sohrabuddin Shaikh a suspected gangster based in Gujarat and Kausar Bi were abducted by officers of the Gujarat ATS and the Rajasthan Police from near Hyderabad and killed in a fake encounter in November 2005Prajapati an eyewitness to these killings was shot dead in another staged encounter in December 2006 by some Rajasthan Police officials at the behest of the Gujarat and Rajasthan officers who had been involved in the killing of the husbandwife duo the CBI had claimedJustice Badar also conducted a separate hearing on a discharge plea filed by Gujarat IPS officer Vipul AggarwalA coaccused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case Aggarwals discharge plea was rejected by the trial court last year He then approached the HC challenging the order seeking parity with the others who have been dischargedThe verdict in Aggarwals case is also likely to be pronounced Monday The encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Kausar Bi and Prajapati were clubbed together in 2013 after the apex curt directed that the trial be shifted to Mumbai from GujaratCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever