Senior Gujarat police officers N.K. Amin and T.A. Barot, accused in cases of encounter killings, on Thursday undertook before the Supreme Court that they would demit office during the day.
Mr. Amin, who retired in August last year as Superintendent of Police (SP), was re-appointed as SP of Mahisagar district, on a contract basis for a year. He had faced trial in the Sohrabuddin and Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing cases.
Mr. Barot was re-inducted in October last year as Deputy Superintendent of Police in Western Railways at Vadodara for a year after his retirement. He was accused in the Ishrat Jahan and the Sadiq Jamal encounter killing cases.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud considered the statement of the lawyer appearing for the two police officers and asked them to “step down” from their posts during the day. The Bench then disposed of a plea by former IPS officer Rahul Sharma against the re-induction of the two officers.
The petition had contended that the appointments were made though they had “questionable records,” and in violation of the public trust doctrine.