India, March 7 -- The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Thursday awarded life sentence to then station house officer (SHO) of Patti police station, who was held guilty of killing two persons in a fake encounter in the Bhagupura area of Patti in 1993.

The CBI special court of Rakesh Kumar Gupta on Monday had convicted Sita Ram, 80, then Patti SHO, and constable Raj Pal, 57, then posted at the same police station.

Sita Ram was convicted under Section 302 (murder), 201 (act of destroying evidence of a crime or giving false information to shield an offender) and 218 (a public servant who intentionally creates an incorrect record or writing) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Rajpal was convicted under Sections...