Sohrabuddin encounter case: The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld acquittal of 22 persons, including 21 police personnel, in an alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati and alleged murder of Shaikh’s wife, Kausar Bi, in 2005-06. The special court in December 2018 had acquitted all 22 persons, including 21 police personnel from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, in the case. Sohrabuddin’s two brothers had in April 2019 filed appeals seeking reversal of acquittals, which the HC rejected after seven years. Here’s what the case, which has long been a key reference in India’s encounter politics, was, how it travelled over 10 years, the discharge of prominent politicians and senior cops, why the special court ordered acquittals in 2018, how appeals against them transpired before the High Court, CBI’s stand, and the counter claims before the court.…