Trial-court conviction
t2-07-010Gurugram, HaryanaConvicted 6 February 2020

State v. Haryana Police not stated (Haryana Police personnel; Personal Security Officer to the judge; in service since 2007)

Additional Sessions Judge Sudheer Parmar, Gurugram, on 7 February 2020 (reported 8 February 2020) awarded the death sentence to Haryana Police PSO [name withheld] for shooting dead the wife and son of a Gurugram Additional Sessions Judge, in Arcadia market Gurugram on 13 October 2018 following an altercation over car keys. The court relied on the accused's extra-judicial confession and the dying declaration of a Gurugram woman, rejecting the spur-of-the-moment leniency plea given his gross misuse of a security-duty position. Confirmation/appeal posture unknown.

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By judgment dated 6 February 2020, the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram (Judge Sudheer Parmar) convicted the not stated (Haryana Police personnel; Personal Security Officer to the judge; in service since 2007), Haryana Police (PSO to Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram).

Register number
HR 26 CW 0004
Case reference
Session Case No. 82 of 2019 (CNR HRGR01-000512-2019)
Court and date
The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram (Judge Sudheer Parmar), 6 February 2020
Officer(s) at the material time
not stated (Haryana Police personnel; Personal Security Officer to the judge; in service since 2007), Haryana Police (PSO to Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Arms Act, 1959
Finding of the Court (extract)
“When a protector turns into a predator and misuses his position and utilizes his service revolver to commit a crime, his actions are proof that he is beyond reform and a threat to society at large. Thus, the accused deserves …”
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Death penalty (rarest-of-rare reasoning; subject to High Court confirmation — outcome unknown)
Present status of the proceedings
An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.

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

Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Gurugram (Judge Sudheer Parmar) convicted the accused police personnel on 6 February 2020. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.

Sentence & charges

Sentence: Death penalty (rarest-of-rare reasoning; subject to High Court confirmation — outcome unknown)

Sections: IPC 302; IPC 201; Arms Act 1959

Appeal status

Appeal pending. Appeal text

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