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Dehradun shootout: Sentencing against 17 policemen on Monday

New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday will pronounce its verdict on sentencing 17 of the 18 policemen convicted of killing a 22-year-old MBA student in a staged shootout in Dehradun.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special

Friday, the court convicted 18 policemen involved in the case that rocked the hill state in 2009.

The 18 convicted policemen are then inspector Santosh Jaiswal, sub-inspectors Gopal Dutt Bhatt, Rajesh Bisht, Neeraj Kumar, Nitin Chauhan and Chandra Mohan, constables Ajit Singh, Satbir Singh, Sunil Saini, Chander Pal, Saurabh Nautiyal, Nagendra Nath, Vikas Chandra Baluni, Sanjay Rawat, Mohan Singh Rana, Inder Bhan Singh and Manoj Kumar and Jaspal Singh Gossain.

Of them, 17 accused were convicted for murder, for conspiring to murder and one was convicted for framing incorrect record.

Gossain, the head operator at the city control room, was convicted under section 218 of the IPC (public servant framing incorrect record).

He was left off Friday after he furnished a bail bond as he was only convicted for fabrication of evidence and had already undergone what could have been the maximum jail term for the offence.

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