The Delhi court has also ordered Ahmed to pay an amount of Rs 50,000. The prosecution which wanted the death penalty for Ahmed had argued that the ordeal Mohan Chand Sharma's family had to go through had to be taken into account while pronouncing the order in the case. However, the court ruled in favour of a life term and not the death sentence.

The encounter had taken place at flat number L-18, Batla House at Jamia Nagar locality on September 19, 2008, six days after serial bomb blasts had rocked Delhi, killing 26 people and injuring 133.

The police had reached Batla House on a tip off that some suspected militants involved in the blasts were holed up in the building.

Of the five, who were residing in the flat, Atif Ameen and Mohd Sajid were killed during the encounter in which Inspector Sharma had succumbed to the bullet injuries sustained during the gun fight while head constable Balwant was injured.

Apart from these two, one Ariz Khan alias Junaid had been declared a proclaimed offender while Mohd Saif was not made an accused in this case as according to the prosecution, he had surrendered peacefully and had not played any part in the entire incident.