Thirty-three years after the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) returned from Sri Lanka in 1990, the Madras High Court has set aside the conviction and the two-year sentence imposed on Major General A.K. Gupta for having allegedly indulged in corrupt practices in the purchase of tinned meat kheema for IPKF soldiers between 1987 and 1988.
Justice G. Jayachandran allowed a criminal appeal pending in the High Court for the last 10 years and extended the benefit of doubt to the former Army officer, while setting aside the May 29, 2013 judgment of a special court for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases. Another appeal filed by co-accused Lt. Colonel S.S. Kadian stood abated since he had died pending adjudication.
