Mohali, July 24 -- A CBI court in Mohali sentenced former Punjab Police officer Paramjit Singh, 67, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a 32-year-old fake encounter case in which two constables were declared militants and killed. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on the convict, who was then the station house officer (SHO) of Beas.

Four others- then inspector Dharam Singh, 77, ASI Darbara Singh, 71, and ASI Kashmir Singh, 69 - were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Another accused, ASI Ram Lubhaya, died during the course of the trial in 2002.

Delivering the judgment, special CBI Judge Baljinder Singh Sra held that the 1993 case had shocked the state for its brazen misuse of power.

As per the CBI investigation, on April 18...