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offence under Arms Act have been imposed on all the 22 accused including Ponty to take over the disputed farm house from the possession of Hardeep. The charge sheet had named Ponty as an accused as he had reached the place of incident in accordance with his "well hatched conspiracy" with Namdhari and others to take the possession of the disputed farm house in south Delhi's Chattarpur area which was under the custody of Hardeep. The charge sheet had stated that Ponty and Namdhari were the "main conspirators in armed and forcible dispossession of occupants from farm house No. 42". Out of 22, who have been charge sheeted in the shootout, charges against Ponty may be abated as he was killed during the commission of the offence. The court had ordered initiation of proceedings under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings (CrPC) to declare the eight men, who have also been named in the charge sheet and are wanted for their alleged roles in killing Hardeep, as absconders. For the remaining two the court had issued non-bailable warrants against them.

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First Published: Feb 19 2013 | 6:40 PM IST

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