Romesh Sharma convicted in chopper-grabbing case

A Delhi court has held gangster Romesh Sharma guilty of cheating and other penal offences linked to the grabbing of a helicopter by him in 1996 and keeping it at his farmhouse here.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Jain has convicted Sharma of offences of cheating, extortion, dishonestly receiving stolen property, kidnapping, criminal intimidation and conspiracy.
The court has also convicted his accomplices Avtar Singh Ahluwalia, M D Bhojwani, Naveen Budhiraja, Manoj, Avdesh and Indermani of dacoity and hatching criminal conspiracy for it.
Another accused Harish Mishra was convicted of cheating and criminal conspiracy for the same while Laxman Singh is convicted of kidnapping and criminal intimidation.
The convicts are yet to be sentenced. The court will hear the prosecution and defence arguments on quantum of sentence to the convicts on July 23, 2012.
21/07/12 PTI/Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2012