Charges framed against personal security officer
GURUGRAM: The Gurugram district court on Wednesday framed charges against 32-year-old Mahipal Singh, who was arrested for allegedly shooting the wife and son of an additional sessions judge in broad daylight in Arcadia Market, Sector 49, on October 13, the police said Wednesday.
Singh was the personal security officer attached to additional sessions judge Krishan Kant and was escorting his family at the time of the incident.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), that was constituted to probe the matter, has stated that the accused committed the crime in a fit of rage while ruling out theories of harassment by the judge’s family, marital discord or any religious inclination, as was speculated initially. The police said that during interrogation, the accused had said he was treated well by the judge’s family.
The accused had initially accused Kant’s family of ill-treating him and denying him leave, which had left him anguished.
The accused pleaded not guilty during the framing of charges on Wednesday. The trial in the case will begin on February 1.
After investigating the matter for three months, the SIT submitted its final investigation report before the court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class (JMIC) Suyesha Jawa on December 26, holding Singh responsible for the double murder. The case was then referred to the sessions court.
The matter is in the court of sistrict and sessions judge RK Sondhi. Charges were framed against Singh under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201(destruction of evidence) and Section 27 of the Arms Act.