PATIALA: Almost ten years after son of a former senior superintendent of Punjab police and his security guard robbed a Maharashtra diamond traders of Rs 3.7 crore treasured stones near Phillaur, the District and Sessions Judge of Faridabad (the place the case was later transferred) has awarded them imprisonment of seven to ten years after retaining them guilty of the crime.
Mohit Sharma, son of Shiv Kumar Sharma, a former SSP vigilance, his security guard head constable Harbans Lal and four others had been held guilty by the courtroom on Monday. While pronouncing the quantum of sentence, the courtroom awarded 10 years to Mohit Sharma and four others together with Bhupinder, Ashok, Suresh and Mohd. Meharban whilst his security guard Harbans Lal has been awarded seven years in prison. The courtroom acquitted Gurdiyan Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Amandeep Sharma of all of the charges.
Mohit, whose father remained posted at more than a few most sensible positions in the state police, had been arrested along side nine others for robbing diamonds value over Rs 3.7 crore from a dealer who had come to Punjab from Maharashtra on October 9, 2008. As consistent with the police grievance, Mohit, who was into diamond business and his security guard Harbans Lal first helped the dealer get a taxi from Ludhiana to Amritsar and whilst en direction they along side seven others attacked the dealer and looted the diamonds from him near Phillaur.
The grievance Bhavesh Shah had alleged that since Mohit and Harbans Lal had been the one two persons who knew that he was travelling to the Amritsar and had organized the taxi, their involvement may now not be ruled out. Later, the police investigators stubble upon more than a few clues that time on the direct involvement of Mohit Sharma, Harbans Lal and four others. The diamonds robbed from Shah had also been recovered from Mohit and Harbans Lal.
While the initial complaints had been held at a Jalandhar courtroom, however in 2011, the case was transferred to Faridabad to verify transparency and check the unnecessary affect of the kinfolk of the accused in the trial.
During the courtroom complaints the defence counsel had contended that since Mohit Sharma’s father Shiv Kumar Sharma had arrested SS Virk, a former DGP of Punjab from Maharashtra cadre in a corruption case, he had hatched a conspiracy to take revenge from them by conniving with the diamond dealer and sending him to Punjab to get a false case registered towards Mohit. He had also contended that Shiv Kumar Sharma had also registered circumstances towards Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his media Advisor Bharat Inder Singh Chahal and thus the state IPS lobby was also inimical in opposition to the accused’s father.
However, the courtroom brought on file that prosecution may now not prove any direct link between DGP SS Virk and the diamond dealer. On the opposite hand, from the evidence placed on file, the courtroom pronounced Mohit Sharma and 5 other guilty of robbing Shah and likewise causing grievous accidents upon him.
Mohit Sharma, son of Shiv Kumar Sharma, a former SSP vigilance, his security guard head constable Harbans Lal and four others had been held guilty by the courtroom on Monday. While pronouncing the quantum of sentence, the courtroom awarded 10 years to Mohit Sharma and four others together with Bhupinder, Ashok, Suresh and Mohd. Meharban whilst his security guard Harbans Lal has been awarded seven years in prison. The courtroom acquitted Gurdiyan Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Amandeep Sharma of all of the charges.
Mohit, whose father remained posted at more than a few most sensible positions in the state police, had been arrested along side nine others for robbing diamonds value over Rs 3.7 crore from a dealer who had come to Punjab from Maharashtra on October 9, 2008. As consistent with the police grievance, Mohit, who was into diamond business and his security guard Harbans Lal first helped the dealer get a taxi from Ludhiana to Amritsar and whilst en direction they along side seven others attacked the dealer and looted the diamonds from him near Phillaur.
The grievance Bhavesh Shah had alleged that since Mohit and Harbans Lal had been the one two persons who knew that he was travelling to the Amritsar and had organized the taxi, their involvement may now not be ruled out. Later, the police investigators stubble upon more than a few clues that time on the direct involvement of Mohit Sharma, Harbans Lal and four others. The diamonds robbed from Shah had also been recovered from Mohit and Harbans Lal.
While the initial complaints had been held at a Jalandhar courtroom, however in 2011, the case was transferred to Faridabad to verify transparency and check the unnecessary affect of the kinfolk of the accused in the trial.
During the courtroom complaints the defence counsel had contended that since Mohit Sharma’s father Shiv Kumar Sharma had arrested SS Virk, a former DGP of Punjab from Maharashtra cadre in a corruption case, he had hatched a conspiracy to take revenge from them by conniving with the diamond dealer and sending him to Punjab to get a false case registered towards Mohit. He had also contended that Shiv Kumar Sharma had also registered circumstances towards Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his media Advisor Bharat Inder Singh Chahal and thus the state IPS lobby was also inimical in opposition to the accused’s father.
However, the courtroom brought on file that prosecution may now not prove any direct link between DGP SS Virk and the diamond dealer. On the opposite hand, from the evidence placed on file, the courtroom pronounced Mohit Sharma and 5 other guilty of robbing Shah and likewise causing grievous accidents upon him.
Phillaur diamond robbery case: Son for former SSP, five other including cop get prison term
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