Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Jharkhand High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 154
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CW-2024-0042Ramgarh, JharkhandJudgment 19 September 2024
The State of Jharkhand vs RPF Constable
The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. On 17 August 2019 RPF constable, posted at Barkakana, opened indiscriminate fire with his service pistol on his neighbour milk-supplier's unarmed family when asked for milk dues, killing three members including a pregnant woman and injuring two. The trial court convicted him under sections 302 and 307 IPC and section 27 of the Arms Act and sentenced him to death. The Jharkhand High Court upheld the murder convictions, held section 27 Arms Act was not attracted to a licensed service pistol, answered the death reference in the negative, and commuted the sentence to rigorous imprisonment of not less than 25 years without remission plus fines. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 19 September 2024 in Death Reference No. 4 of 2023 with Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 588 of 2023, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ananda Sen, Gautam Kumar Choudhary, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, RPF Post, Barkakana.
- Register number
- JH 24 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Death Reference No. 4 of 2023 with Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 588 of 2023 / 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 154
- Court and date
- Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ananda Sen, Gautam Kumar Choudhary, JJ.), 19 September 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, RPF Post, Barkakana
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The victims were unarmed persons, whereas the appellant was a Constable in RPF who resorted to indiscriminate firing by service pistol.” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 25 years.
- 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.
Current position
The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 19 September 2024 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.
“The victims were unarmed persons, whereas the appellant was a Constable in RPF who resorted to indiscriminate firing by service pistol.” (para 11)
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Institutional response
19 Sep 2024
Order issued
ConcludedThe Jharkhand High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 154
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.