Batla House encounter: Convict Ariz Khan gets death penalty for killing Delhi Police Inspector

Ariz Khan, convicted of the murder of a Delhi Police inspector, has been given the death penalty. Earlier on Monday, a Delhi court had reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for Ariz Khan, who was allegedly associated with terror outfit Indian Mujahideen.

Apart from awarding him the death penalty, the Delhi court also imposed a total fine of Rs 11 lakh on Ariz Khan. Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav had



convicted Ariz Khan for the murder of Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.

Found guilty under section 302 of the IPC, Ariz Khan could have been sentenced to death or handed life imprisonment. It was up to the court to decide whether the case of inspector Sharma's murder could be identified as the rarest of rare cases or not.

Ariz Khan had been convicted of Delhi Police inspector MC Sharma's murder on March 8.