New Delhi: All eyes are on Delhi's Saket court as the judge will pronounce the quantum of sentence in the 2008 Batla House encounter case on Tuesday. Earlier, the court had convicted alleged Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmed of murder and attempt to murder charges. Shahzad aka Pappu is the lone accused in the case. He had been charged with the murder of the slain police officer Mohan Chand Sharma.
He faces a maximum sentence of death penalty and minimum of life. The prosecution has asked for the maximum sentence while the defence has pleaded leniency for him.
"He (Shahzad) is held guilty of attempting to cause death of head constables Balwant Singh and Rajbir Singh and causing death of Inspector MC Sharma by firing on them," the court had said.
The encounter had taken place at flat number L-18, Batla House at Jamia Nagar locality on September 19, 2008, six days after serial bomb blasts had rocked Delhi, killing 26 people and injuring 133.
The police had reached Batla House on a tip off that some suspected militants involved in the blasts were holed up in the building.
Of the five, who were residing in the flat, Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid were killed during the encounter in which Inspector Sharma had succumbed to the bullet injuries sustained during the gun fight while head constable Balwant was injured.
Apart from these two, one Ariz Khan alias Junaid had been declared a proclaimed offender while Mohd Saif was not made an accused in this case as according to the prosecution, he had surrendered peacefully and had not played any part in the entire incident.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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