New Delhi, Oct 23 A Special CBI Court in Lucknow on Friday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for the murder of a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh in 2015, the agency said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 9,000 on the convict, Bocha alias Raju Soni.
Anil Kumar, then station house officer of Kotwali police station, was shot dead at the Model Shop of Hotel Vaishnavi in Pratapgarh in 2015.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the case on June 29, 2018, on an order of the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench.
"After completion of the investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet against two accused persons, namely Jishan Khan and Bocha @ Raju Soni. The charges were framed against both the accused persons on 14.12.2022," the CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
The spokesperson said Khan submitted a written application on April 4, 2026, confessing to the offences he was charged with.
"Khan's case was subsequently separated from the main file. He was convicted on May 2 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, along with a fine of Rs 9,000," it said.
