{"id":42273,"date":"2016-04-04T17:50:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42273"},"modified":"2016-04-05T03:44:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T22:14:33","slug":"pilibhit-encounter-cbi-court-awards-life-sentence-47-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pilibhit-encounter-cbi-court-awards-life-sentence-47-cops","title":{"rendered":"Pilibhit encounter: CBI court awards life sentence to 47 cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42069\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/JNU-students.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42069\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jnu-students-umar-anirban-granted-six-month-interim-bail\/jnu-students\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/JNU-students.jpg?fit=249%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"249,166\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"crimes against women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;crimes against women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;crimes against women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/JNU-students.jpg?fit=249%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/JNU-students.jpg?fit=249%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42069 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/JNU-students.jpg?resize=249%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pilibhit encounter: CBI court awards life sentence to 47 cops\" width=\"249\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilibhit encounter: CBI court awards life sentence to 47 cops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A special CBI court today sentenced 47 policemen to life imprisonment for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in a fake encounter in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Special judge Lallu Singh had on April 1 held the policemen guilty of a &#8220;fake encounter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On July 12, 1991, the policemen stopped a luxury bus filled with Sikh pilgrims and forced 10 passengers to get off. A charge sheet said they were divided into groups, taken to different areas in a jungle and killed in &#8220;cold blood&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\"><\/div>\n<p>The policemen claimed the next day that 10 Khalistani terrorists had been killed. They claimed that some of the Sikhs in the bus had criminal cases and were armed.<\/p>\n<p>The case dates back to 1991 when the states Terai region witnessed a surge in militancy-related incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI investigated the case on the orders of the Supreme Court and said the motive behind the killings was to earn awards and recognition for killing &#8220;terrorists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to CBI, the bus was on its way to Pilibhit on July 12, when a police team stopped it at Kachlapul ghat. Eleven Sikh men were allegedly dragged out of the vehicle. The other passengers, including women and children, were taken to a gurdwara in Pilibhit while the men were made to sit in another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the evening, additional force joined the police team and they divided the Sikh men into three groups.<\/p>\n<p>On the intervening night of July 12 and 13, the policemen gunned down the Sikh men in three encounters in the thickets falling under three different police station areas &#8211; Bilsanda, Niuria and Pooranpur &#8211; in Pilibhit.<\/p>\n<p>The police then claimed that these men had criminal cases against them and claimed to have recovered arms and ammunition from their possession.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI probe found that the police got the autopsy done on 10 of the bodies and got them cremated the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-seven policemen were charged in the case, but 10 have died since.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special CBI court today sentenced 47 policemen to life imprisonment for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in a fake encounter in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh 25 years ago. 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