1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case: The PAC personnel had stopped a bus carrying Sikhs on a pilgrimage on July 12, 1991, in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. They separated 11 male passengers, including a child, from the female passengers and killed 10 of them in three different encounters in Bilsanda, Niuria and Pooranpur areas in Pilibhit district, labelling them as terrorists, on the night of July 12-13, 1991.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In a major development in the Pilbhit encounter case, the Allahabad High Court convicted all 43 policemen involved in the case. The High Court sentenced all the culprits to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment under IPC 304 with a fine of Rs 10,000, setting off a trial court s ruling of life imprisonment for the appellants. India News | Pilibhit fake Encounter: HC Sentences 43 Cops for 7 Years, Says Police Should Have Put Up Accused for Trial.
The court found the policemen guilty of culpable homicide but set aside the lower court's ruling convicting them of murder. They were senteced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the life imprisonment awarded by a trial court to 43 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel in the 1991 Pilibhit fake encounter case, in which 10 Sikhs were killed after being .