CW-2009-0007Udham Singh Nagar, UttarakhandJudgment 28 July 2009

Constable Harish Chand Pandey vs The State

Replace closing boilerplate to note the appellant's recorded defence (s.313 admissions/denials; pleas of poor light, no motive and drunkenness for s.304 Part I, all rejected at paras 11-13). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 28 July 2009 in Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 2001, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Brahma Singh Verma, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Harish Chand Pandey (Constable).

Register number
UK 06 CW 0002
Case reference
Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 2001 / (2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062
Court and date
Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Brahma Singh Verma, JJ.), 28 July 2009
Officer(s) at the material time
Harish Chand Pandey (Constable)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“From the above oral evidence on record, as discussed above, read with the autopsy report (Ext. A -5) and the report of the Forensic Expert (Ext. A -16) in which it is mentioned that after examination it was found that …” (at para 10)
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.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Uttarakhand High Court judgment dated 28 July 2009 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

1
OtherPrimary
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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“From the above oral evidence on record, as discussed above, read with the autopsy report (Ext. A -5) and the report of the Forensic Expert (Ext. A -16) in which it is mentioned that after examination it was found that …” (para 10)

Institutional response

2
Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062
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28 Jul 2009

Order issued

Concluded
Uttarakhand High Court External · Binding

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062
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Follow-up history

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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.

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