Sohrabuddin encounter case verdict: The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of 22 persons, including 21 police personnel, in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati and the 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. In April 2019, Sohrabuddin’s two brothers filed appeals seeking reversal of acquittals, which the HC rejected after seven years. Here’s what to know about the case, which has long been a key reference in India’s encounter politics and how it travelled over 10 years. The prosecution’s case Initially, Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and state CID-Crime probed the case until the Supreme Court transferred it to CBI in 2010, subsequently ordering the trial be shifted trial to a special court in Mumbai .…