Batla House encounter: Delhi courtroom reserves order on Ariz Khan’s sentence

A Delhi courtroom on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for Ariz Khan, convicted for the homicide of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and different offences in reference to the 2008 Batla House encounter.
Police sought dying penalty for Khan, allegedly related to the phobia outfit Indian Mujahideen, saying it was not simply any killing however a homicide of a regulation enforcement officer who was a defender of justice.

Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav reserved the order for 4 pm. Additional Public Prosecutor A T Ansari, showing for the police, stated the case attracts exemplary punishment, which is capital punishment.
Khan’s counsel opposed the dying penalty. The courtroom had stated on March 8 that it was “duly proved that Ariz Khan and his associates caused murder of police official and fired gunshot on the police official”.
Inspector Sharma of the police’s particular cell was killed through the 2008 Batla House encounter in Jamia Nagar in south Delhi.

A trial courtroom had sentenced Indian Mujahideen terrorist Shahzad Ahmed in July 2013 to life imprisonment in reference to the case. His attraction in opposition to the decision has been pending within the excessive courtroom.
Ariz Khan had fled from the spot and was declared proclaimed offender. He was arrested on February 14, 2018, and confronted the trial.