New Delhi: Many aspirants dream of becoming an IPS officer, but achieving this goal requires clearing the UPSC Civil Services examination. In this article, we discuss an IPS officer who has been sentenced to eight months of imprisonment by a special CBI court.
Earlier in December, IPS officer Gautam Cheema, then IGP of Punjab Police, and five others were sentenced to eight months imprisonment by a Special CBI court in a case of wrongful detention of a person picked up from the lawful custody of a police station in Mohali, as per the statement from the federal probe agency, news agency IANS reported.
The CBI had investigated the matter of the illegal detention of Sumedh Gulati from the lawful custody of Police Station Phase-I, Mohali, by Cheema, Ajay Chaudhary, and four others in 2014. The Special CBI Judge in Mohali sentenced the six accused to imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 39,000 on them.
Gautam Chima, an IPS officer from the 1995 batch of the Punjab cadre, was serving as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Punjab at the time of the incident. A native of Punjab, he holds an MA and M.Phil degree. The special CBI court sentenced all six accused to eight months of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 39,000. The private individuals involved in the case included Varun Utreja (a former advocate), Rashmi Negi, Vicky Verma, and Aryan Singh.
According to the IANS report, the CBI had registered the case in compliance with the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court dated March 4, 2020, transferring the investigation of FIR, earlier registered at Police Station-Phase-I, Mohali.
It was alleged that on August 26, 2014, at approximately 11 p.m., Gautam Cheema, the then IGP, in an inebriated state, along with Ajay Choudhary and others, arrived at Police Station Phase-I, Mohali and forcibly took away Sumedh Gulati (who had been arrested earlier that day in connection with another case) in a private car to Max Hospital, Phase-6, Mohali, where a complainant was admitted.
It is further alleged that Cheema forcibly detained Gulati in the same room and threatened the said complainant, demanding that she withdraw complaints filed against him. Following the completion of the investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet on December 31, 2020, against the six accused. After the trial, the court found the accused guilty and sentenced them accordingly.
(With Inputs From IANS)
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Earlier in December, IPS officer Gautam Cheema, then IGP of Punjab Police, and five others were sentenced to eight months imprisonment by a Special CBI court in a case of wrongful detention of a person picked up from the lawful custody of a police station in Mohali, as per the statement from the federal probe agency, news agency IANS reported.
The CBI had investigated the matter of the illegal detention of Sumedh Gulati from the lawful custody of Police Station Phase-I, Mohali, by Cheema, Ajay Chaudhary, and four others in 2014. The Special CBI Judge in Mohali sentenced the six accused to imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 39,000 on them.
Gautam Chima, an IPS officer from the 1995 batch of the Punjab cadre, was serving as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Punjab at the time of the incident. A native of Punjab, he holds an MA and M.Phil degree. The special CBI court sentenced all six accused to eight months of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 39,000. The private individuals involved in the case included Varun Utreja (a former advocate), Rashmi Negi, Vicky Verma, and Aryan Singh.
According to the IANS report, the CBI had registered the case in compliance with the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court dated March 4, 2020, transferring the investigation of FIR, earlier registered at Police Station-Phase-I, Mohali.
It was alleged that on August 26, 2014, at approximately 11 p.m., Gautam Cheema, the then IGP, in an inebriated state, along with Ajay Choudhary and others, arrived at Police Station Phase-I, Mohali and forcibly took away Sumedh Gulati (who had been arrested earlier that day in connection with another case) in a private car to Max Hospital, Phase-6, Mohali, where a complainant was admitted.
It is further alleged that Cheema forcibly detained Gulati in the same room and threatened the said complainant, demanding that she withdraw complaints filed against him. Following the completion of the investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet on December 31, 2020, against the six accused. After the trial, the court found the accused guilty and sentenced them accordingly.
(With Inputs From IANS)