Military court suspends life sentence to five Indian Army personnel in Machil fake encounter case.

The Armed Forces Tribunal bench suspended life sentence and granted bail to five accused army men in the staged Machil encounter case.

The Armed Forces Tribunal bench suspended life sentence and granted bail to five accused army men in the staged Machil encounter case.The bench headed by Justice VK Shali on July 25, 2020, suspended the life imprisonment punishment awarded to the five Indian Army personnel convicted by a General Court-martial in 2014 for staging the Machil fake encounter. Colonel Dinesh Pathania, Captain Upendra, Havildar Devender Kumar, Lance Naik Lakhmi, Lance Naik Arun Kumar from the Rajput Regiment, and rifleman Abas Hussain of the Territorial Army were convicted in 2014 for killing three Kashmiri civilians in a staged shootout. The three men were Kashmiris from low-income families in Nadihal in Baramulla, according to a police investigation.