Rampur (UP), Nov. 10 -- Mohammad Sharif, one of the accused in the 2007 Rampur CRPF camp terror attack case whose death penalty was set aside by the Allahabad High Court, was shot dead in the Khajuria police station area on Tuesday, police said. Confirming the incident, a police official said, "Mohammad Sharif was travelling on a two-wheeler with his son when he was shot at." Police have not yet disclosed the whereabouts of the attackers.
On February 11, 2026, the Supreme Court had agreed to hear the Uttar Pradesh government's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which set aside the death penalty awarded to four accused and life imprisonment to another in the 2007 Rampur CRPF camp terror attack case.
Eight CRPF personnel had died and five were injured in the attack on their camp at Rampur on the night of December 31, 2007.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta had issued notices to the accused persons on the state government's plea challenging the high court's verdict and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks. On October 29 last year, the high court had set aside a trial court order that awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Sharif, Sabauddin, Imran Shahjad and Mohammad Farooq, and life imprisonment to Jang Bahadur Khan in the case.
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