Mc Sharma

Batla House: Court gave own theory in convicting Shahzad, says counsel

"L-18 is a four story flat. The neighbouring flats L17 and L19 are single story flats. If someone has to jump from the roof of fourth floor to first floor, it is a 40 feet jump. How can someone jump 40 feet? I don’t think it was the case of the prosecution that Shahzad was Superman or Spiderman," said the counsel.

Batla House encounter: Life imprisonment for lone convict Shahzad Ahmad

The prosecution, during arguments over the quantum of sentence had sought that he should be given the death penalty.

Batla House verdict: From BJP to slain cop's father, who said what

The Delhi Police had argued for capital punishment on the ground that he had killed and injured on-duty police officers and was involved in various other heinous crimes, including the 13 September, 2008 serial blasts here which left 26 people dead and injured 133.

Batla House encounter: Court defers sentence till tomorrow

Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, who convicted Ahmad for killing Delhi Police Special Cell Inspector MC Sharma during the Batla House shootout, was supposed to pronounce the quantum of sentence on Monday.

Life or death? Sentencing in Batla House encounter today

A Delhi court on Monday will pronounce the sentence in 2008 Batla House shootout case in which the lone accused and Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Shahzad Ahmad was convicted.

Batla House encounter: What the court said while convicting Shahzad Ahmad

Here’s a look at what the judgment that convicted Shahzad Ahmad in the Batla House encounter had to say on some of the arguments raised by the Defence questioning the Delhi Police’s report on Shahzad role in the shootout.

What police should learn from Batla House and Ishrat Jahan

In my view the Ishrat Jahan and Batla House episodes have the positive impact on the nation's police forces.

Residents around Batla House saddened by verdict, but not surprised

Residents of the area with a predominantly Muslim population, believe that once the union and state governments rejected demands for judicial inquiry in the matter, it was clear that the court would convict Shahzad.

Batla House: The life and times of the Pappu who blew up Delhi

From interviews with investigators and classified police documents, Firstpost has assembled the story Shahzad Ahmad's journey into the Indian Mujahideen

Batla House encounter case: 'Surprised and disappointed by conviction'

Shahzad, an accused in the 2008 Delhi serial blast case, was arrested in Uttar Pradhesh in February 2010.