A city court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to 17 Uttarakhand Police personnel who were convicted for gunning down 22-year-old MBA graduate Ranbir Singh in a fake encounter in a jungle near Dehradun in 2009.
Special CBI Judge JPS Malik handed down the jail term to the 17 policemen after holding them guilty of conspiracy, kidnap and murder of Ghaziabad resident Ranbir Singh, who had gone to Dehradun to take up a job.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on seven cops who were held guilty of killing the victim. It also directed 10 other policemen to furnish a fine of Rs 20,000 each.