Lifer for two ex-Punjab cops in fake encounter case

​Two former cops of Punjab police were sentenced to life imprisonment in a 30-year-old fake encounter case. The quantum was pronounced by the court of special CBI judge Rakesh Kumar Gupta. The two convicts were also fined Rs 235,000 each and the court ordered the authorities to pay Rs 100,000 compensation to the family members of each of the three victims of the fake encounter from the fine money. CBI public prosecutor Ashok K Bagoria said that the convicts - then additional SHO inspector Kishan Singh (who retired as DSP) and sub-inspector Tarsem Lal (who retired as inspector) posted at Mehta police station near Amritsar - were sentenced to life imprisonment under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).Bagoria said that the prosecution had sought capital punishment for the convicts but the CBI court sentenced them to life.