CBI blinding case arising from Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80 (blinding of Bhagalpur Man) — State (CBI) vs Bihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma')
The trial court (CBI blinding case from Amarpur PS) convicted ASI ('[name withheld]', standing beside the OIC when acid was poured) for the custodial blinding of a Bhagalpur man on 21 June 1980, sentencing him to 2 years RI (120B) + 1 year RI (326/34) with fines. The lower appellate court dismissed his joint first appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987). The Patna High Court dismissed his separate criminal revision (890/1990) on 8 September 1997, upholding the conviction. Exact trial-court name, trial number and conviction date were unstated in the opened revision judgment; the 8.9.1997 revision order itself was not opened (recited in the 11.3.1998 judgment).
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 in 1987, the Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987) convicted the Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma'), Amarpur Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police.
- Register number
- BR 10 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80 (Cr. App. 116/1987; Cr. Rev. 890/1990); reported in the judgment of the Trial Magistrate, CBI blinding case, Patna (exact court unstated)
- Court and date
- The Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987), 1987
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma'), Amarpur Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Cr. Rev. No. 890 of 1990, filed at the instance of [name withheld]. Verma was heard earlier and was dismissed by a learned Judge of this Court by judgment and order dated 8.9.1997”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 2 years RI u/s 120B + 1 year RI u/s 326/34 + Rs 1,000 fine under each count (6 months SI in default of each); concurrent. First appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987, joint with Gupta) dismissed, conviction confirmed; Patna HC dismissed his criminal revision (Cr. Rev. 890/1990) on 8 September 1997 — conviction upheld (as recorded in Aftab Alam, J.'s 11 March 1998 judgment in the co-accuseds' revisions)
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987) convicted the accused police personnel on 1987. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: 2 years RI u/s 120B + 1 year RI u/s 326/34 + Rs 1,000 fine under each count (6 months SI in default of each); concurrent. First appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987, joint with Gupta) dismissed, conviction confirmed; Patna HC dismissed his criminal revision (Cr. Rev. 890/1990) on 8 September 1997 — conviction upheld (as recorded in Aftab Alam, J.'s 11 March 1998 judgment in the co-accuseds' revisions)
Sections: IPC 120B; IPC 326 r/w 34
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text