Lucknow, Oct 23 — A Special CBI Court in Lucknow on Friday sentenced a man convicted of culpable homicide of a suspended Uttar Pradesh Police inspector in Pratapgarh in 2015 to 10 years’ imprisonment, an official said.
Bocha, alias Raju Soni, was sentenced to imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 9,000 in the case relating to the culpable homicide of Inspector Anil Kumar, SHO, Police Station Kotwali, Pratapgarh, on November 19, 2015, the CBI official said in a statement.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered the case on June 29, 2018, in compliance with the order of the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, by taking over the investigation of the case of Police Station Kotwali City, Pratapgarh, the statement said.
The case relates to culpable homicide not amounting to murder of the SHO, Kotwali, Pratapgarh (suspended) at the Model Shop of Hotel Vaishnavi, Pratapgarh, the CBI said.
After completion of the investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet against two accused persons, namely Jishan Khan and Bocha alias Raju Soni. The charges were framed against both the accused persons on December 14, 2022.
During the course of trial, the co-accused Jishan Khan filed a written application confessing to the charged offences on April 4, 2026. Subsequently, his file was separated from the main file, and he was convicted on May 2, 2026 and sentenced to 10 years' Imprisonment with a fine of Rs 9,000.
The Special Judge CBI Court, Lucknow, on Friday sentenced the second convict, Bocha alias Raju Soni. The first convict, Jishan, was sentenced to 10 years’ jail in May.
Suspended SHO Anil Kumar died after reportedly being hit by a stray bullet fired during a fight between two groups of men over a parking issue near a hotel.
The SHO Kotwali had been suspended a few days before his accidental death. He was placed under suspension following the killing of a lawyer, who was contesting an election for a post in the district panchayat, under his police station’s jurisdiction.