Ponty Chaddha case: Court frames murder charges against 21 accused

July 17, 2015 20:08

A Delhi court today framed murder charges against all 21 accused including sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, in the 2012 shootout that claimed the lives of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep.

Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav framed charges under section 302 (murder) read with section 149 (offence committed by member of unlawful assembly) of the IPC against all the accused.

Against one accused, Rajpal, from whom six mobile phones were recovered, the court also framed charges under section 412 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of IPC. The court posted the matter for September 19 for commencement of trial.

Ponty and Hardeep, who allegedly involved in a property dispute, were killed in a shootout at a Chhattarpur farmhouse here on November 17, 2012.

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