State v. Delhi Police Inspector (SHO) and others
The Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma convicted SHO of PS Vivek Vihar on 13.12.2006 under sections 302/342/120B IPC for the custodial beating-death of [name withheld] - picked up with a Shahdara man on 24.08.1987 in revenge for stabbing Ct Rishipal on Janmashtami (16.08.1987), beaten at his instance, [name withheld] dying the next day - sentencing him to death on 15.12.2006, and convicted [name withheld] (s.217) and SI (ss.218/201) for shielding; the case reached trial only via the deceased father's complaint after an 'untraced' report. On 05.03.2008 the High Court declined the death reference, converting [name withheld] to section 304-II with 8 years RI, and on 12.11.2009 the Supreme Court confirmed the conviction, reducing the term to 5 years RI with Rs 5 lakh compensation to [name withheld]'s mother.
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 13 December 2006, the Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi convicted 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector (SHO), PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police; Police officer (rank not stated in opened sources), PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 05 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Death Ref. 01/2007 (Crl.A. 1440-1441/2008 in SC); reported in the judgment of the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, 13 December 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector (SHO), PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police; Police officer (rank not stated in opened sources), PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Vivek Vihar, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “we confirm the conviction as recorded by the High Court but reduce the sentence from 8 years to five years and increase the fine from rupees two lacs to five lacs.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: [name withheld]: death sentence (15.12.2006) → 8yr RI+Rs 2L (HC 05.03.2008) → 5yr RI+Rs 5L compensation (SC 12.11.2009); [name withheld]/[name withheld] sentence quanta not stated in opened sources
- 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.
Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi convicted the accused police personnel on 13 December 2006. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: [name withheld]: death sentence (15.12.2006) → 8yr RI+Rs 2L (HC 05.03.2008) → 5yr RI+Rs 5L compensation (SC 12.11.2009); [name withheld]/[name withheld] sentence quanta not stated in opened sources
Sections: IPC 304 Part II; IPC 342; IPC 120B; IPC 217; IPC 218; IPC 201
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text