New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation had, at the time, told the court that permission was sought from the state government to prosecute the retired police officials.
Vanzara is a former deputy inspector general of police, while Amin retired as superintendent of police.
Jahan, a 19-year-old woman from Mumbra near Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an alleged fake encounter by police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.
The Gujarat police had then claimed that the four had links with terrorists and had plotted to kill then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.
The CBI, which probed the killing on the high court’s order, had claimed it was a staged encounter. PTI