4 fake CBI officers jailed for four years

Four men, accused of robbing a shop by impersonating as CBI officers, have been sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court. The court handed down the jail term to Delhi residents Sudhanshu Shukla, Deshraj, Charan Singh and Saunda Rajan for entering the shop of Kalpesh Kumar near Fatehpuri on 12 February, 2013 and taking away Rs 20,000 after conducting a false raid while posing as CBI officers. 

‘Prosecution has established that the accused persons kept in their possession forged identity of different ranks of CBI officers and inspectors, and thereby made themselves liable for offences under Section 474 of IPC,’ the judge said.

The court held the four persons guilty of various offences including sections 392 (robbery), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 474 (intention to use a forged document as genuine) and 170 (personating a public servant) under the IPC.

It, however, acquitted two other co-accused Dipesh and Dharmender of the charges while noting that the prosecution could not substantiate the charges levelled against them. During the trial, all the accused had claimed that they were falsely implicated in the case.