Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2003) 12 SCC 516; AIR 2004 SC 210
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CW-2003-0011Bhojpur, BiharJudgment 7 November 2003
Chakardah village Police Constable (Black Commando trained) v. State of Bihar
The Supreme Court maintained the murder conviction of Bihar Police constable for shooting dead three colleagues at the Narhi police camp in Bhojpur on 9 April 1996, after seizing a Hawaldar's sten-gun. The Court found that the killing of Hawaldar a Chakardah village man, who had reprimanded him, was driven by anger and panic, and the killing of the other two policemen was done in a state of frenzy without premeditation. It held the indiscriminate killing of fellow policemen by a disciplined-force member aggravating but offset by mitigating circumstances, and therefore set aside the death sentence while sentencing him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 1,000. The Court also set aside his conviction under Section 27 of the Arms Act for want of proof that the sten-gun was a prohibited arm. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 7 November 2003 in Criminal Appeal No. 190 of 2002, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Rajendra Babu, P. Venkatarama Reddi, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable (Black Commando trained), Narhi police camp, Bhojpur.
- Register number
- BR 03 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 190 of 2002 / (2003) 12 SCC 516; AIR 2004 SC 210
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Rajendra Babu, P. Venkatarama Reddi, JJ.), 7 November 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable (Black Commando trained), Narhi police camp, Bhojpur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27 (conviction set aside by SC) of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “We, therefore, set aside the judgment under appeal insofar as it has confirmed the sentence of death while maintaining the conviction under Section 302 IPC.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 7 November 2003 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“We, therefore, set aside the judgment under appeal insofar as it has confirmed the sentence of death while maintaining the conviction under Section 302 IPC.” (para n/a)
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Institutional response
7 Nov 2003
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2003) 12 SCC 516; AIR 2004 SC 210
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.