<p>The then station house officer of Shastri Nagar police station here Shamse Alam was today sentenced to death by a local court for a fake encounter in which three students were shot dead claiming them to be dacoits, 12 years ago</p>.<p>.<br /><br />Seven others, including a police constable Arun Kumar Singh, were sentenced to life imprisonment till death.<br /><br />The order was passed by the Fast Track Court-I judge Ravi Shankar Sinha who on June five had held the two, Alam and Arun Kumar Singh, guilty of murder.<br /><br />Six others, Kamlesh Kumar Gautam, Raju Ranjan, Soni Rajak, Kumod Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Mishra and Anil were pronounced guilty of attempt to murder.<br /><br />The six were shopkeepers of Sammelan Market under Shastri Nagar police station area who had brutally beaten up the three students Vikash Ranjan, Prashant Singh and Himanshu Shekhar, following a scuffle between them and a telephone booth operator over paying a STD bill on December 28, 2002.<br /><br />Alam who had arrived at the spot with the constable after being informed shot dead the three students in the head and in a police report had claimed them to be dacoits.<br /><br />A total of 33 witnesses were examined by the court during the protracted trial.<br /><br />Alam was denied bail by various courts since his arrest in the case in 2003.<br /><br />The case was first investigated by the local police, then the CID and subsequently handed over to the CBI, which assisted in the trial. <br /></p>
<p>The then station house officer of Shastri Nagar police station here Shamse Alam was today sentenced to death by a local court for a fake encounter in which three students were shot dead claiming them to be dacoits, 12 years ago</p>.<p>.<br /><br />Seven others, including a police constable Arun Kumar Singh, were sentenced to life imprisonment till death.<br /><br />The order was passed by the Fast Track Court-I judge Ravi Shankar Sinha who on June five had held the two, Alam and Arun Kumar Singh, guilty of murder.<br /><br />Six others, Kamlesh Kumar Gautam, Raju Ranjan, Soni Rajak, Kumod Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Mishra and Anil were pronounced guilty of attempt to murder.<br /><br />The six were shopkeepers of Sammelan Market under Shastri Nagar police station area who had brutally beaten up the three students Vikash Ranjan, Prashant Singh and Himanshu Shekhar, following a scuffle between them and a telephone booth operator over paying a STD bill on December 28, 2002.<br /><br />Alam who had arrived at the spot with the constable after being informed shot dead the three students in the head and in a police report had claimed them to be dacoits.<br /><br />A total of 33 witnesses were examined by the court during the protracted trial.<br /><br />Alam was denied bail by various courts since his arrest in the case in 2003.<br /><br />The case was first investigated by the local police, then the CID and subsequently handed over to the CBI, which assisted in the trial. <br /></p>