New Delhi: A two-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday delivered a split verdict in a nine-year-old case involving the fatal shooting of a senior National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer Tanzeel Ahmed and his wife in their car in Bijnor.

While Justice Rajiv Gupta ruled in favour of the acquittal of the accused, Justice Harvir Singh partially upheld the May 2022 order of the Bijnor trial court, convicting Raiyyan while altering his death sentence to life imprisonment. Another accused, Munir, died before the case was decided by the Allahabad HC.

Owing to the divergent views, the matter has now been referred to Chief Justice Arun Bhansali, who will constitute a special bench of three judges to re-hear the case. Show Full Article

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