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Barabanki Lok Sabha fake encounters

RC 11/2007 (CBI)· Filed 2013· Special CBI Court, Lucknow· Uttar Pradesh

Accused

AS

Amit Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party

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Case Description

Alleged fake encounters during Shah's tenure as Gujarat Minister of State for Home.

Allegation

Sanctioning/abetting encounter killings of three persons in UP.

Legal Sections

302 IPC120B IPC201 IPC

Sections listed are from the IPC and related acts. Section numbers reference the Indian Penal Code (IPC) where applicable, otherwise BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) or special statutes like PMLA, NDPS, PC Act.

Case Timeline

  1. 2007 — Cases filed in UP courts
  2. 2013 — SC transferred cases to CBI, ordered probe into Shah's alleged role
  3. 2015 — CBI filed report — no evidence found
  4. HC upheld closure report