A cop and two others sentenced to six months in prison

A local court sentenced a police inspector and two others to six months’ imprisonment each in a case of wrongful coercion and criminal intimidation. The three convicts are inspector Virender Sharma, Satish and Vikram Pal.

The complainant Om Uppal said he had earlier filed a complaint against Virender Shama for detaining him in the lockup of police station, Sector 14, Pachkula, on May 31, 2012, but no action was taken against the inspector. After filing a complaint with the HC, the latter directed the relevant authorities to take necessary action.

Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana, Home Department, has directed the police department to move Inspector Sharma. After the inspector filed a civil petition, the HC stayed the order of the additional chief secretary.

The complainant said that on August 16, 2017, Sharma and two others stopped his vehicle in front of Uppal at Panchkula mini secretariat and threatened to eliminate him in a fake encounter in case he appeared and filed a reply before the High Court of in connection with the CWP filed by the inspector.

Uppal filed a complaint against the inspector and others with the police department. He addressed the court stating that no action had been taken on his complaint. The court found that Sharma, along with the others, wrongfully restrained and intimidated him.