A Delhi Court today convicted Sher Singh Rana in the 2001 Phoolan Devi murder case. The Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar fixed August 12th for pronouncement of quantum of sentence at Patiala House Court.

The Court acquitted 10 other accused in the murder case. Rana has been convicted for murder, attempt to murder and common intention under the IPC. Phoolan Devi, a Samajwadi Party MP from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, was shot dead on July 25, 2001, outside her residence at Ashoka Road by Rana and his aides.

As per police, the motive behind the killing was to take revenge for the alleged murder of upper caste men by her.