Delhi court sentences CBI joint director to 3 months' imprisonment in IRS officer assault case

A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service IRS officer during a raid over two decades ago. Both were accused under IPC sections 323 voluntarily causing hurt, 427 mischief and 448 criminal trespass in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.

A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago. Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000. Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused. Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal. The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar. Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.