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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

Meanwhile, the court asked police to provide "high security" to the policemen during transit between jail and court after it was informed by the Tis Hazari lock-up in-charge that there may be trouble.

The lock-up in-charge said in an application that there was apprehension the convicts may harm each other after their conviction. He claimed it was heard the convicts were blaming each other for the outcome of the case.

The policemen were arrested after evidence showed that Ranbir, a resident of Ghaziabad, was gunned down in cold blood by the Uttarakhand Police. Following the staged shootout, the police claimed to have caught Ranbir and his companions on Mohini Road where they were allegedly "trying to commit some crime" July 3, 2009.

The trial was transferred from Dehradun to Delhi on the orders of the Supreme Court on a plea by Ranbir's father Ravindra Singh.

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