Archive · 20 Jul 2026
Bengaluru Court Acquits 3 in 15-Year-Old Cop Murder Case
A traffic police officer named Vijay Kumar went missing in Bengaluru in 2011.
The next day, his burnt body was found on a farm.
Three people were accused of killing him and burning his body to hide the crime.
The police said the murder was over a money dispute.
After 15 years, a court let the three accused go free because the evidence wasn't strong enough to prove they did it.
The court said the police relied on phone records that weren't properly certified, which made the evidence unreliable.
A Bengaluru court acquitted three individuals accused of murdering a traffic police officer, Vijay Kumar, in 2011.
The victim's charred body was found on a farmland near Bangarpet the day after his disappearance.
The prosecution's case relied on circumstantial evidence, including call detail records that lacked proper certification.
The defense argued that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction.
The court ruled that the prosecution's evidence had too many missing links to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Who
- Vijay Kumar (victim), Shobha Rani, Kumar, Faizal (accused)
- What
- Acquittal of three individuals in a 15-year-old murder case
- When
- May 6, 2011 (disappearance), May 7, 2011 (body found), last Tuesday (acquittal)
- Where
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Why
- Insufficient circumstantial evidence and lack of proper certification for call detail records
Prosecution
Defense
Evidence Reliability
Prosecution
Reliance on call detail records without proper certification under Section 65-B of the Indian Evidence Act.
Defense
Argued that the prosecution's evidence was circumstantial and lacked sufficient proof to sustain a conviction.
- Victim
- Vijay Kumar, traffic head constable
- Date of Disappearance
- May 6, 2011
- Date of Body Discovery
- May 7, 2011
- Location of Body
- Farmland near Bangarpet
- Accused
- Shobha Rani, Kumar, Faizal
- Charges
- Murder, destroying evidence, criminal conspiracy
- Number of Witnesses
- 37
- Legal Issue
- Call detail records lacked mandatory certification under Section 65-B of the Indian Evidence Act