CBI v. West Bengal Police Officer-in-Charge (then OC)
The Additional District Judge, Purulia sentenced Barabazar Officer-in-[name withheld] to 5 years' RI for the brutal custodial torture of a Purulia man, who committed suicide on 16.02.1998 in Purulia district jail's cell block as a consequence. The CBI took over FIR 5/98 on Calcutta High Court orders, chargesheeted Roy in 2001, and the trial examined 46 prosecution witnesses with 75 exhibits. Conviction found by the trial court; PR dated 22.02.2023 is treated as the sentence date.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 22 February 2023, the Additional District Judge, Purulia convicted the Officer-in-Charge (then OC), PS Barabazar, Purulia, West Bengal Police.
- Register number
- WB 55 CW 0001
- Case reference
- FIR 5/98, PS Barabazar
- Court and date
- The Additional District Judge, Purulia, 22 February 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Officer-in-Charge (then OC), PS Barabazar, Purulia, West Bengal Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The ADJ, Purulia (West Bengal) has sentenced Shri [name withheld], then Officer-in-charge, Police Station, Barabazar, Purulia (West Bengal) to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment in a suicide case.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment 5 years (fine, if any, unstated)
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional District Judge, Purulia convicted the accused police personnel on 22 February 2023. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment 5 years (fine, if any, unstated)
Sections: Not stated
Appeal status
No appeal known.