PATIALA: Almost a decade after the son of a former senior superintendent of Punjab Police, his security guard and others, robbed a Maharashtra diamond trader of Rs three.7 crore worth of treasured stones near Phillaur, the District and Sessions Judge of Faridabad (the place the case was once later transferred) has held them guity of the crime and awarded them imprisonment from seven to 10 years.
Mohit Sharma, son of former SSP (vigilance) Shiv Kumar Sharma, his security guard head constable Harbans Lal and four others have been held in charge by the court docket on Monday. While saying the quantum of sentence, the court docket awarded 10 years to Mohit and four others, together with Bhupinder, Ashok, Suresh and Mohammad Meharban, whilst his security guard Harbans Lal has been awarded seven years in prison. The court docket acquitted Gurdiyan Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Amandeep Sharma of all fees.
Mohit, whose father remained posted at more than a few best positions in the state police, had been arrested along side the 9 others for robbing diamonds worth over Rs three.7 crore from a trader who had come to Punjab from Maharashtra on October nine, 2008.
According to the police criticism, Mohit, who was once into diamond trade and his security guard Harbans Lal, first helped the trader get a taxi from Ludhiana to Amritsar, and whilst he was once on his way, they, along side seven others, attacked the trader and looted the diamonds from him near Phillaur.
Complainant Bhavesh Shah had alleged that since Mohit and Harbans have been the only two individuals who knew he was once travelling to the Amritsar and had organized the taxi, their involvement could not be dominated out. Later, the police investigators stumbled upon more than a few clues that pointed on the direct involvement of Mohit, Harbans and four others. The diamonds robbed from Shah had also been recovered from Mohit and Harbans.
While the initial proceedings have been held at a Jalandhar court docket, the case was once transferred to Faridabad in 2011, to make sure transparency and check the pointless affect of the family of the accused in the trial.
During the court docket proceedings, the defence recommend had contended that since Mohit’s father had arrested former DGP S S Virk of Maharashtra cadre in a corruption case, he had hatched a conspiracy to take revenge from them by conniving with the diamond trader and sending him to Punjab to get a false case registered towards Mohit. He had also contended that the SSP had also registered circumstances towards (then) Punjab leader minister Amarinder Singh and his (then) media advisor Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, and thus the state IPS lobby was once also inimical in opposition to the accused’s father.
However, the court docket brought on report that prosecution could not end up any direct link between DGP Virk and the diamond trader. On the opposite hand, from the evidence put on report, the court docket pronounced Mohit and five others in charge of robbing Shah and likewise causing grievous accidents upon him.
Mohit Sharma, son of former SSP (vigilance) Shiv Kumar Sharma, his security guard head constable Harbans Lal and four others have been held in charge by the court docket on Monday. While saying the quantum of sentence, the court docket awarded 10 years to Mohit and four others, together with Bhupinder, Ashok, Suresh and Mohammad Meharban, whilst his security guard Harbans Lal has been awarded seven years in prison. The court docket acquitted Gurdiyan Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Amandeep Sharma of all fees.
Mohit, whose father remained posted at more than a few best positions in the state police, had been arrested along side the 9 others for robbing diamonds worth over Rs three.7 crore from a trader who had come to Punjab from Maharashtra on October nine, 2008.
According to the police criticism, Mohit, who was once into diamond trade and his security guard Harbans Lal, first helped the trader get a taxi from Ludhiana to Amritsar, and whilst he was once on his way, they, along side seven others, attacked the trader and looted the diamonds from him near Phillaur.
Complainant Bhavesh Shah had alleged that since Mohit and Harbans have been the only two individuals who knew he was once travelling to the Amritsar and had organized the taxi, their involvement could not be dominated out. Later, the police investigators stumbled upon more than a few clues that pointed on the direct involvement of Mohit, Harbans and four others. The diamonds robbed from Shah had also been recovered from Mohit and Harbans.
While the initial proceedings have been held at a Jalandhar court docket, the case was once transferred to Faridabad in 2011, to make sure transparency and check the pointless affect of the family of the accused in the trial.
During the court docket proceedings, the defence recommend had contended that since Mohit’s father had arrested former DGP S S Virk of Maharashtra cadre in a corruption case, he had hatched a conspiracy to take revenge from them by conniving with the diamond trader and sending him to Punjab to get a false case registered towards Mohit. He had also contended that the SSP had also registered circumstances towards (then) Punjab leader minister Amarinder Singh and his (then) media advisor Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, and thus the state IPS lobby was once also inimical in opposition to the accused’s father.
However, the court docket brought on report that prosecution could not end up any direct link between DGP Virk and the diamond trader. On the opposite hand, from the evidence put on report, the court docket pronounced Mohit and five others in charge of robbing Shah and likewise causing grievous accidents upon him.
Diamond robbery: Son for former SSP, five others including a cop get prison term
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