The court has convicted 9 people in the murder of a police SHO in Jaunpur, UP in 1985. In this 39 year old case, the court has sentenced all the culprits to life imprisonment.
Regarding this case, government lawyer Satish Chandra Pandey said that in December 1985, SHO Babban Singh of Sureri Police Station was murdered. Pandey said, ‘The court of District Judge Vani Ranjan Aggarwal convicted nine people in this murder case. The court sentenced the culprits to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000.
SHO was murdered in 1985
The government lawyer said that on December 18, 1985, SHO Babban Singh had gone to Sirohi Purwa to resolve a land grabbing case, when he was attacked by angry villagers.
Pandey said, nine accused died during the trial and eight have been acquitted by the court. According to the information, when the SHO had arrived to resolve the dispute, he was surrounded by the accused Manikchand, Jaiprakash, Shriram, Om Prakash, Uttam, Mohan and others near the farm and the police team was attacked. The accused started trying to free Baliram.
Jaiprakash fired at Inspector Amarnath with a pistol. Due to the bending of police station incharge Babban Singh, the bullet hit Sukhnandan and he died on the spot. After this, Babban Singh was attacked with a brick by the accused in which he also died.
During the incident, accused Baliram had also looted the pistol, magazine and bullets of police station incharge Amarnath. When the police inspected the spot, they found blood stained sticks, pieces of brick and cartridges.
The government lawyer said that Babban Singh later died due to severe injuries. The police had registered an FIR against 60 people in this case and filed a charge sheet against 26 accused. He told that a cross case was also filed against the policemen in this matter but they were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Input – Aditya Bhardwaj