11, including former municipal member, get 5 years' jail for attack on police in 2015

GHAZIABAD: A local court on Tuesday sentenced 11 persons, including a former member of Loni Palika Parishad, to five years in jail for attacking a police team in 2015. In the attack, a sub-inspector and a constable were grievously injured.
According to the additional district government counsel (ADGC) Rajeev Kumar Gurjar, Parishad member Mukesh Pal had given false information about a clash between members of two communities in Loni border on September 26, 2015. Later, police had arrested two persons Amit and Bobby from the same community and brought them to police station. Angered by the action, the former civic body member along with 35-40 persons had staged a violent protest against the police.

Gurjar said, “Pal initially tried to pressurise the police to release the two accused but when cops did not buzz, he along with his supporters blocked the Delhi-Saharanpur road. Subsequently, when police tried to remove the blockade, the mob led by Pal attacked police and also damaged the vehicles passing through the area. In the stone pelting, the then chowki in-charge of Indrapuri, Balram Yadav and constable Lalit had received injuries.”

An FIR was registered against Pal, his 10 accomplices and several other unknown persons under various sections of the IPC and under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act at Loni border police station.

The case was being heard at the court of additional district and session judge Mahfooz Ali. The judge had held the accused guilty of the crime on Saturday while fixed Tuesday for pronouncing the judgement. The judge had observed that their action was an attack on the system.

“Holding the accused guilty under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder), the judge awarded five years imprisonment to all the accused and also imposed a fine of Rs 2, 000 each. In failure to pay the amount, the accused will have to spend three months more in jail. They were also held guilty under various other sections and jail terms ranging from one month to one year and fine amounting to Rs 4, 000 were also imposed. All the jail terms will run concurrently,” said the ADGC.